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Start planning your autumn museum obsession now, because the Metropolitan Museum of Art just announced that it's organizing its largest Michelangelo exhibit ever. The upcoming show, "Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer," will bring together 150 drawings, three marble sculptures and other works from museums and collections across America and...

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There are many ways to engage with Florence – from the whirlwind tour of the first-time visitor to the microscopic examination of the repeat visitor intent on peeling back history’s layers to peek below the surface. Take Michelangelo. Everybody knows who he is. His David has drawn tourists to Florence for centuries. But understanding the context in...

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The performance is described as “A shamanic experience not to be missed. It will change your life” – “creative synergistic genius” – “(the performance) brings DaVinci and Michelangelo alive”. “WOW. What an amazing show. It was joyful, meaningful, powerful, and inspirational! Thank you for doing a magical job! Your words and visuals were fantastic,...

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It's hard to say which feat was more grueling: Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel in the early 16th century or the lengthy construction of the Oculus at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub. The former took nearly 15 years to complete and was a serious toll on the legendary artist; the latter was finished 10 years late and $2 billion ove...

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As breathtaking as they are, there are a couple of fundamental problems with Michelangelo’s famous Sistine Chapel frescoes: They’re in Italy, and they’re on a very high ceiling. The new touring exhibit “Up Close: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel” solves both of those problems by recreating life-size reproductions of the famous Renaissance paintings. O...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced Monday that it is organizing the largest exhibition of Michelangelo works in its history, opening in November. The exhibition, titled “Michelangelo: Divine Draftsman and Designer,” will contain 150 drawings, three marble sculptures, his first known painting (“The Torment of Saint Anthony”), and other works,...

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April 23, 2017 ~ 3:00 p.m. With Emily Fenichel, Ph.D. Tickets Available Through Boca Raton Museum of Art, 501 Plaza Real ~ Boca Raton or [email protected]. Non-Member of Friends of the Uffizi Gallery ~ $10.00. Seating is Limited ~ Reservations are Recommended One of the most enduring relationships in Michelangelo's life was his pe...

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There is a “secret” bond between the beauty of Michelangelo’s “Moses” and sunlight: it was discovered by Antonio Forcellino, the restorer and architect entrusted by the Superintendence for the Colosseum and the central archaeological area of Rome with cleaning the masterpiece, within a project for the restoration of the entire Tomb of Pope Julius I...

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by Silvia Donati   In 2014, visitors entering the Sistine Chapel will be greeted by a gleaming light, seeming to radiate from the chapel's spectacular frescoes. That impression will be achieved thanks to 7000 LEDs which will illuminate the Sistine Chapel beginning February 18, 2014, to coincide with the 450th anniversary of the death of...

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The Consulate General of Italy together with the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, and the municipalities of Forte dei Marmi, Pietrasanta, Seravezza, and Stazzemasustained by the Banca del Monte of Lucca Foundation present Michelangelo e la VersiliaThursday, December 4 - 6PM - Italian Cultural Institute -&n...

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