Sixty years later, my heart is still filled with wonder and happiness from seeing Michelangelo's sculpture, one of the greatest works in Western art.

Likely the artist’s final work, this 16th-century painting is a vast, darkly burnished depiction of Christ’s death that is suffused with grief.

The theme of the Pietà was popular in France and Germany during the 14th and 15th centuries. Michelangelo Buonarroti’s sculpture Pietà, completed around 1499, at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, is ...

The new sculpture was inspired by Michelangelo's 'The Pietà' and depicts a mother and son, pierced by the same bullets.

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics.

The Pieta is one of Michelangelo’s most famous pieces. Type of art: Statue Created by: Michelangelo di Ldovico Buonarroti Simoni Finished: 1498 – 1499 Estimated Worth: Priceless ...

Book excerpt: The inside story of bringing Michelangelo’s Pieta to Queens Ruth D. Nelson has a new book about the 1964-65 New York World’s Fair and the marquee attraction at the Vatican pavilion.

We need only to gaze upon the Pietà, the Sistine Chapel and St. Peter’s Basilica to see that he inherently understood the mission of salvation.

Can Robots Replace Michelangelo? In the birthplace of Italian sculpture, a powerful automated machine tries its hand at an ancient craft ...

Michelangelo, to this day, is still celebrated for his awe-inspiring frescoes adorning the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in Vatican City. The villa, a multilevel marvel, sprawls over 9,700 square feet.

A detail of Michelangelo's signature on the "Pietà" (collage by Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic, images via Dennis H. Cremin and Wikipedia) ...