With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and ...

Michelangelo, the genius behind David and the Sistine Chapel, led a life filled with passion, a legendary rivalry with Leonardo da Vinci, and artistic obsession. On his 550th birth anniversary, we ...

1501 Returned to Florence. Contracted to carve figures for the Piccolomini altar and received the commission to carve the David 1504 Completed the David. Received commission to paint the Battle of ...

Scholars of the Renaissance, including the Greek academic Demetrios Chalkondyles (pictured far right). Credit: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain Their military ingenuity resulted ...