Sistine Chapel

Black Smoke Means No Pope (For Now)

Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Black smoke has belched from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel, signifying no new pope has been chosen on the first day of pontifications. Pope Be...

Why Should We Care About The Next Pope?

The Huffington Post UK | Tom Moseley | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

The cardinals are soon to be locked inside the Sistine Chapel and told to pick the right man to lead the Roman Catholic Church. They're there becau...

PHOTOS: Inside The Papal Conclave

The Huffington Post UK\ | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK

Cardinals are meeting in the Vatican City to choose the next Roman Catholic pope. There is no obvious front-runner, but whoever they pick has a mig...

The Sacred and the Profane: The Sistine Chapel and a Fiery Renaissance Rivalry

Brendan Pittaway | Posted 01.11.2012 | Home
Brendan Pittaway

It may be hard to believe that, half a millenium ago, the project helped fuel one of the Renaissance's greatest rivalries, attended by stories of sex, violent rows, money and a dirty, bitter, misshapen genius in dogskin boots.

Drunken Herds, Illegal Photography, People Crushed..

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 01.10.2012 | UK

Drunken hoards of rowdy tourists have made Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel an "unimaginable mess" and access to the artwork should be restricted, an Ita...