When you picture Michelangelo, does the image in your mind resemble Moses? Ben-Hur? In other words, Charlton Heston? Heston’s portrayal of Michelangelo in the classic film “The Agony and the Ecstasy” ...

George Bull’s biography of Michelangelo serves to remind us that even if the commission for the Sistine Chapel had gone to somebody else, the world would still be resounding with praise for the ...

He had a terrible temper. He obsessed over money and social position, but lived in self-imposed squalor. Never a team player, he would neither delegate nor listen to advice. He made enemies and tried ...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Michelangelo Antonioni, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI (29 September 1912 – 30 July 2007) was an Italian modernist film director and screenwriter. Description ...

What Gayford does best is to get up close and personal with an artist, preferably one still living. Over a relatively short, intense period of time he is able to explore the fragile and fleeting act ...

Michelangelo’s list of magnum opuses includes his most famous amongst the Pietas, “La Madonna Della Pieta” (1498-99), which depicts the body of Jesus in the lap of Mother Mary after the Crucifixion.