The last decades of Michelangelo’s life encompass the “Last Judgment” (1536-41) and two important friendships—with Tommaso de’ Cavalieri (c. 1512-1587), a young Roman nobleman ...
The ceiling of the Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo Tourists visiting the chapel don’t get long to wonder at the wall where The Last Judgement is painted or at the ceiling frescoes depicting the ...
The man who always signed his name “Michelangelo, sculttore”, was also, in spite of himself, a painter. Although Pope Julius II tempted him to Rome with the prospect of a huge marble mausoleum ...