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15 Things You Should Know About Michelangelo’s ‘Pietà’
Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are still ...
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The magic of Rome
As Rome welcomed the arrival of autumn, waves of avid tourists converged at the crossroads of Via delle Muratte, Via dei ...
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Drawing a British man paid less than £1,000 for could sell for £2MILLION after it was confirmed as Michelangelo's earliest sketch
The drawing now for sale foreshadows Michelangelo’s most famous works — Pieta, David and the frescoes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. The drawing has now returned to Florence ...
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Ashley checks out the real Michelangelo’s Statue of David
A walking tour of Venice, the birthplace of the Renaissance and home to many of the world’s greatest artistic treasures ...
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No, Michelangelo’s Depiction of God Doesn’t Capture the Essence of ‘White Supremacy’
On that podcast, DiAngelo explained: The single image I use to capture the concept of white supremacy is Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: God Creating Man. Where God is in a cloud, and there are ...
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The Earliest Drawing by Michelangelo Just Hit the Market
Five years since experts finally agreed it's a Michelangelo, the sketch is at last up for grabs. Michelangelo, Study of Jupiter (ca. 1490). Courtesy of Dickinson. The British Museum’s Nicholas ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
She said the statue was created by Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Renaissance master who painted the Sistine Chapel and etched David out of marble before his 1564 death. She learned this from her ...
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Incredible story of priest who became first recorded 9/11 casualty pulled from rubble and laid on altar
His legacy is still remembered over 20 years since he passed away and in 2015, a $40,000 bronze statue of him was unveiled in ...
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Rick Steves’ Europe: Art of the Florentine Renaissance
As an architect, he designed and created this memorial chapel for his patrons, the Medici, a harmonious ensemble of innovative architecture, tombs, and sculpture. ♪ As a sculptor, Michelangelo ...
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Sistene Chapel exhibit arrives in Pigeon Forge, showing life-sized images of Michelangelo's paintings
PIGEON FORGE, Tenn. — A new exhibit in Pigeon Forge lets families see examples of world-famous images painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, for a fraction of the cost of ...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Comes to Brookyln
You no longer need a plane ticket to Italy to see Michelangelo’s masterpiece at the Sistine Chapel. You can get even closer to it in Brooklyn. At Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition ...
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Charles Dance Set to Play Michelangelo in New Renaissance Series as BBC Sets Arts, Culture Slate
Charles Dance is set to play Italian artist Michaelangelo in new BBC docu-drama “Renaissance: The Blood and The Beauty.” Dance’s casting in the three-part series came as the BBC unveiled its ...