Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Florentine artist spent four years painting the challenging chapel against his will, but would have much rather been sculpting ...

From the majestic art to the white smoke, here's what to know about the Sistine Chapel, the sacred site of the conclave.

Perhaps second only in fame to Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's magnificent frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel opened to the public for the first time 500 years ago this week ...

This summer, Londoners and visitors to the capital will have the rare opportunity to experience one of the world’s greatest artistic masterpieces like never b ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From a young age, Michelangelo prized drawing and sculpture above painting. Ian Nicholson/PA via Getty Images When a ...

Michelangelo's iconic artwork is reproduced in high definition to be viewed up close at this Sistine Chapel exhibition coming ...

As the papal conclave is set to begin to elect a new pope, the eyes of the world are on the Sistine Chapel, which will hold the Catholic cardinals as they cast their votes for the next leader of the ...