The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo ... were arguably the greatest works of Renaisssance art. As his career escalated, Michelangelo became a hard-nosed businessman and by the ...

Michelangelo was known for his solitary nature and intense focus. He never married, and dedicated his life to his art. His letters reveal a man of deep emotion, often oscillating between bouts of ...

The second part of his career saw the mature artist—he was nearly ... the Sistine Chapel every day. Michelangelo could also protest that he was an old man—and he was. In an era when most ...

Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, performance artist, and theorist. Best known for his innovative stainless steel paintings with mirror-like surfaces, he also produced pioneering ...

I doubt if today’s artists give the great Renaissance man more than a passing thought from one end of their careers to the other. Michelangelo, nonetheless, is one of the artists who gave rise ...

A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo ... such as The Creation of Adam and The Fall of Man. Shortly before he died in 1564, the Italian artist destroyed many of the sketches, as they ...