Michelangelo - Finestre sull'Arte

Michelangelo's Pieta shines with new iGuzzini lighting in St. Peter's Basilica

A masterpiece of Renaissance art enjoys a new light. We're talking about Michelangelo's Pieta, preserved in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, one of the most famous sculptural groups in art history, which now benefits from an innovative lighting project ...
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A drawing by Michelangelo hits the market: it is recognized as the first of his career

When, in 2019, art historian Timothy Clifford announced that he had identified the first known work of Michelangelo Buonarroti (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564) the stir was great: then, for some time, the drawing he attributed to a very young Michelangel...
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Florence, Casa Buonarroti puts online catalog of Michelangelo's drawings

A valuable tool for art lovers and scholars has recently arrived on the Web: Casa Buonarroti has decided to digitize and make available online, free of charge, the catalog of Michelangelo's drawings in its possession. Michelangelo's drawings, Casa Bu...
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Surprise at Medici Chapels: three more months to visit Michelangelo's Secret Room

Florence, three more months to visit Michelangelo 's secret room at the Medici Chapel Museum. Museums Director General Massimo Osanna, who has taken over as director of the Bargello Museums, has decided to extend by another three months the visit to ...
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Received in Florence former principal fired after showing Michelangelo's David

Hope Carrasquilla, the former teacher and principal of Florida's Tallahassee Classical School who was fired for showing Michelangelo's David during an art history lesson because it was considered pornographic by some parents, visited the Accademia Ga...
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Florence and Michelangelo's David in the Italian leg of Wonders with Alberto Angela

The Accademia Gallery in Florence will be among the protagonists of the next episode of Meraviglie - Stelle d'Europa the Rai1 program hosted by Alberto Angela, which will be aired on Wednesday, January 4. The Italian leg of this episode will in fact...
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June 5 sees the return of free Sundays at state museums and cultural sites

Like every first Sunday of the month,free admission to state museums, archaeological parks and cultural sites returns on Sunday, June 5. In the monthly appointment with free culture for everyone will thus be able to access the monuments, museums, gal...
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All the busts of Michelangelo attributed by Daniele da Volterra brought together in one exhibition

From Dec. 13 to April 18, 2022, the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence will host Michelangelo: the bronze effigy of Daniele da Volterra, an exhibition curated by Cecilie Hollberg, created with the sponsorship of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and...
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