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Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome is so spacious inside that the Statue of Liberty, pedestal and all, could stand upright and not scrape the top of the dome. This “architectural jewel of the Roman Catholic Church” took more than 80 years to build. Afterwards, cracks began to appear. A century and a half later the situation was dire and, although many...

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If you’ve been to Florence, there’s a good chance you’ve wandered the hallowed halls of the Accademia Gallery in search of the city’s most famous inhabitant: Michelangelo’s David. Along with thousands of other visitors, you may have picked up a magnet to commemorate the encounter with this nude sculptural icon, completed in 1504. But this time-hono...

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St. Peter's Basilica is located in the small Papal State of the Vatican in St. Peter's Square in Rome, the majestic facade and its dome visible from every corner of the city make it one of the iconic places of the city of Rome. St. Peter's Basilica is the largest Christian church in the world, symbol of the Catholic Church and seat of the Pope. Con...

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Michelangelo is without a doubt one of the most remarkable, brilliant and universal artists of all time. And among Michelangelo’s many showrooms, you’ll find Rome filled with his statues, paintings, frescoes and architecture all around. To cite his friend Vasari: ‘Among the living and the dead he who carries the palm is Michelangelo, foremost not j...

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On View February 16 – June 23, 2024. Benton Museum of Art Pomona College, 120 W. Bonita Avenue, Claremont, CA. The Princeton University Art Museum’s collection of more than one thousand Italian drawings is renowned for its quality, scope, and scholarly importance. This exhibition showcases ninety-five rarely seen works from the late fifteenth to ea...

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Michelangelo’s David is recognised as one of the most sublime works in the history of sculpture, but according to the director of Florence’s Accademia Gallery, dusting it is much like cleaning a bathroom. “You know when you clean a bathroom, you clean and clean and think you’ve done a great job but then you spot some dust and wonder ‘where did that...

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A simple square scribbled on a yellowed piece of paper believed to have been drawn by Renaissance genius Michelangelo will go on sale in April in New York, auction house Christie's announced on Friday. The company's experts were examining a drawing by another artist of the same period for a forthcoming sale when they saw, stuck to the back of the f...

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The Friends of the Dartmouth Libraries (Dartmouth, MA) invites the public to the 33rd annual Molly Little Film Series, which will focus on the life and most influential works of Italian artist and sculptor Michelangelo. The video series begins at 11 a.m. to noon on Tuesday, Jan. 23 at the Haskell Room at Southworth Library located at 732 Dartmouth...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, a Tuscan by birth who grew up in Florence, left in the Cradle of the Renaissance a deep mark witnessed by his works that we still find in museums and squares around the city. Therefore, we will follow an ideal itinerary in Florence among Michelangelo's masterpieces, starting with his most famous work – David – and going on...

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Michelangelo's little-known "Secret Room", a tiny chamber with sketch-filled walls, will open to the public almost 50 years after it was discovered hidden behind a trap door in Florence. The precious venue at the Museum of the Medici Chapels at the Bargello Museum will be accessible to the public on an experimental basis from 15 November, strictly...

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