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SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES Present an Architectural Seminar "MICHELANGELO in ROME" MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014 6:45 PM to 8:45 PM SMITHSONIAN ASSOCIATES - S. DILLON RIPLEY CENTER - 1100 Jefferson Drive, SW | Washington, DC 20036 - METRORAIL: SMITHSONIAN MALL Exit (Blue/Orange Lines) - BUY @ CLICK HERE Michelangelo the sculptor an...

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by Claudia Baroncelli   Beyond being one of the most illustrious and talented artists of the Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo Buonarroti also had a very fine taste in terms of home furnishing and real estates or at least this is what you can notice by looking at the house he used to own nestled amongst the hills of Tuscany in Italy.  ...

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The Director of the Italian Cultural Institute Silvio Marchetti is pleased to invite you to "Michelangelo and the Medici",a lecture by Edward Goldberg Thursday, March 21st, 6:00pm at the Italian Cultural Institute 500 N Michigan Avenue, Suite 1450 Chicago, IL 60611 Edward Goldberg, a specialist in Italian history and culture, will discuss the c...

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Marking the first time works by Michelangelo have ever been exhibited in Nashville, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts proudly presents Michelangelo: Sacred and Profane, Masterpiece Drawings from the Casa Buonarroti, on view from October 30, 2015, through January 6, 2016. The Casa Buonarroti, the artist's family home in Florence, Italy, possesses...

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Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a master anatomist as well as anartistic genius. He dissected numerous cadavers and developed a profoundunderstanding of human anatomy. Among his best-known artworks are thefrescoes painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel (1508–1512), in Rome.   Currently, there is some debate over whether the fre...

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Inaugurating "2013—The Year of Italian Culture" in the United States, the National Gallery of Art, in Washington, D.C., will unveil the only presentation in the United States of the "David-Apollo" by Michelangelo, on loan from Museo Nazionale del Bargello in Florence. The "David-Apollo," last seen in Washington in 1949, will be on public view in th...

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Italian Masters at the Head of the Class: Michelangelo and Mattia Preti   Lecture by John T. Spike   In this illustrated presentation, art historian and author, John T. Spike, will speak about two landmark exhibitions that have received national publicity for their fascinating counterpoint as supreme examples of Renaissance wisdom ver...

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An extraordinary exhibition to mark the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo's death – 18 February 1564 – is opening today in Rome at the Musei Capitolini, located in Piazza del Campidoglio, the very same square Michelangelo designed and made famous around the world.   "Michelangelo. Incontrare un artista universale" features 70 works by the Tu...

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In occasion of the 450-year anniversary of the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Government Department responsible for Florence's Museums, and the Grandi Opere – FMR UTET Editorial Group present Il Potere dello Sguardo ("The Power of a Look,") beginning February 18th. On show in the Tuscan Capital's Museum of Medicean Chapels until March 15th...

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WASHINGTON - A Washington per inaugurare ''L'anno della cultura italiana negli Stati Uniti''. E' questo lo scopo principale della missione del Ministro degli Esteri Giulio Terzi, che sara' in visita negli Stati Uniti dal 12 al 13 dicembre. Una manifestazione che, nata dall'iniziativa dello stesso Terzi, gode dell'Alto Patronato del Presidente della...

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