By his early twenties, Michelangelo had already carved the Pieta, a sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless body of Jesus. It was a masterpiece, brimming with emotion.

Michelangelo, who had just completed his statue David, and Leonardo da Vinci ... the serpentine movement of Jesus across his mother’s lap, and brings vibrant color and tender elegance—Mary ...

Curated by Adriano Marinazzo, a leading scholar of Michelangelo and Italian Renaissance art, the exhibition is ... of the 12 apostles (the disciples of Jesus in the New Testament), which Pope ...