Art lovers and history enthusiasts rejoice! A new exhibit replicating Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel debuted Friday at Industry City, bringing the renowned beauty of the Italian artist’s artwork to New York City. The highly anticipated immersive showcase will be open to the public through Jan. 5 Following a successful tour through London, Shanghai,...
READ MOREBefore carving “David” or covering the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in frescoes, Michelangelo Buonarroti painted “The Torment of Saint Anthony.” Created when he was either 12 or 13 years old, it is the Renaissance artist’s first painting — and the piece hangs on a wall at the Kimbell Art Museum of Fort Worth. The prolific artist thought of himself prim...
READ MOREAccording to art scholar Amel Olivares, “A small Last Judgment with Christ the Judge and other figures from the famous fresco that can be admired in the Sistine Chapel,” was painted by Michelangelo in oil on canvas. Amel Olivares’ research lasted more than 8 years and was presented to the Foreign Press in Rome. The work under investigation is “The...
READ MORESaint 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...
READ MOREIf 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...
READ MORESt. 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...
READ MOREMichelangelo 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...
READ MOREOn 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...
READ MOREMichelangelo’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...
READ MOREA 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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