Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo Buonarroti When Michelangelo signed the contract with Pope Julius II in 1508 to paint the Sistine Chapel Ceiling, little...

School of Athens by Raphael Sanzio The painter Rapahel was one of the most talented and skilled painters in history. Although best known for his...

Venus of Urbino by Titian Titian was the greatest painter from Renaissance Venice. His reputation and achievements in 16th-century Europe were rivaled only by those...