FLORENCE, Italy — Michelangelo was an old man when he began working on a sculpture he envisioned for an altar for his own tomb: It was of a marble Pietà, depicting Jesus supported by the Virgin ...

A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist's tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of ...

Art World The Sculpture Michelangelo Made for His Own Tomb Is Getting Its First Major Restoration in Italy—See the Powerful Images Here Restorers are making surprising new discoveries along the way.

MISSIONHILLS,Calif., Dec. 4, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ The first ever Vatican approved re-creation made from a mold of Michelangelo's Pieta will be unveiled December 14th 2014 during the 4pm ...

The newest statue, "American Pietà," created by Oakland sculptor Peter Marcalus, was inspired by Michelangelo Buonarotti's "La Madonna della Pietà" as well as the shooting of Gabriel Santana in ...

Michelangelo is believed to have signed it after another artist briefly received credit for it. On Sunday, the mission will hold a brief announcement at 4 p.m. and a reception in the gardens.

The statue — a marble replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta, depicting the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother, Mary, after the crucifixion — was taken from St. Adalbert Catholic Church, 1650 W ...

A group of protesters continues to resist a plan to move a replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta from the now-closed St. Adalbert Church to St. Paul’s Catholic Church, which is about a mile away.

ROME (AP) — A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under… ...

ROME – A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist's tool marks, that had been hidden under ...

Museum officials in Florence say a restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details.

ROME (AP) — A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under… ...