A diverse team of experts is arguing that Michelangelo painted one woman in the Sistine Chapel with breast cancer, for ...
The painting is part of a series of frescoes that cover the walls and ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City.
where art is studied through a medical lens to supplement understanding of health issues at the time. Researchers have ...
A hidden detail in Michelangelo’s "The Flood" may reveal a woman with breast cancer, adding a shocking twist to the iconic Sistine Chapel masterpiece.
Led by forensic pathologist Andreas G. Nerlich of Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, a team of international experts propose that Michelangelo's fresco "The Flood" in the Sistine Chapel portrays ...
The fact modern doctors can recognize it reveals Michelangelo’s extraordinary capacity for and dedication to anatomical accuracy.
A new study by the University of Paris-Saclay suggests that the scene of ‘The Flood’ in the Sistine Chapel frescoes depicts a ...
The frescoes of the Sistine Chapel, painted on the ceiling and walls in the Pope’s official residence in Vatican City, may be one of the most extraordinary feats in art history. Intricate ...