When you picture Michelangelo, does the image in your mind resemble Moses? Ben-Hur? In other words, Charlton Heston? Heston’s portrayal of Michelangelo in the classic film “The Agony and the Ecstasy” ...

MICHELANGELO: A Life in Six Masterpieces, by Miles J. Unger. Simon & Schuster, 432 pp. $29.95. In this enjoyable but curious biography, art historian Miles J. Unger presents the High Renaissance ...

George Bull’s biography of Michelangelo serves to remind us that even if the commission for the Sistine Chapel had gone to somebody else, the world would still be resounding with praise for the ...

Michelangelo once expressed in one of his poems, "I know I am ugly." Not only was he insecure about his physical and facial appearance, family background, and sexuality, but also had a notorious ...

He had a terrible temper. He obsessed over money and social position, but lived in self-imposed squalor. Never a team player, he would neither delegate nor listen to advice. He made enemies and tried ...

Michelangelo’s list of magnum opuses includes his most famous amongst the Pietas, “La Madonna Della Pieta” (1498-99), which depicts the body of Jesus in the lap of Mother Mary after the Crucifixion.