The Sistine Chapel is one of the Catholic Church's most sacred sites. It was painted by Michelangelo over four years in the High Renaissance style, but ho ...

The impressive dome ceiling in Santa Maria Maggiore Basilica in Rome.Credit: Getty Images However, the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel is not the only one in Rome. And the one inside the Basilica ...

The choristers of St Paul’s Cathedral perform Allegri’s ‘Miserere’ in its traditional two-choir setting, in the resonant ...

is purposefully more modern than the Sistine Chapel and the other Vatican rooms. Davies wanted to balance the traditional ornate Rome with Brutalist and Fascist architecture, particularly as no ...

Among the wilderness, there are places for contemplation, if one knows where to look: park benches, lonely taverne, C-list ...

It is this Jonah that the following pages address in an attempt to clarify his key role in the “economy” of the Sistine Chapel. As Agnes Crawford writes, the figure of this prophet is the “lynchpin” ...

Lord Llewellyn, Britain's ambassador to Italy, said the trip "comes at a key moment" as the UK government tries to reset EU ...

The overwhelming grandeur, scope and vision of Michelangelo’s miraculous Sistine Chapel ceiling and “The Last Judgment” frescoes transcend reason and defy human capability. Comprising more ...