Michelangelo was dubbed the ‘divine Michelangelo’ in his day for his stunning works of art. But his poetry reveals a deeply troubled and dissatisfied soul — he never felt his work was good ...

Michelangelo was quite a talented fellow! I mean, the Pietà! The statue of David! The Sistine Chapel! The acclaimed sculptor, artist and architect was considered a master by his Renaissance peers ...

It took Michelangelo four years to paint the Sistine Chapel's ceiling. It was grueling, miserable work, as he told a friend in a poem. “I am not in the right place," the Old Master wrote.

Michelangelo had come into renown as a sculptor and considered painting the 12,000 square feet of the ceiling beyond his capabilities. He was wrong, of course, but the artistic anxiety caused him ...

Love poems written by Michelangelo to a beautiful Roman nobleman 40 years his junior are going on public display in London for the first time.

Some of Michelangelo's love poetry, which he had intended to publish with a dedication to his muse, Vittoria Colonna, is to be published as a collection for the first time. The poems, written more ...