The city of Florence reminds the Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo by installing a copy of his famous David, recreated in a contemporary style with colorful tattoos.
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Tag: Michelangelo Buonarroti
Homage to David: Saracino interprets Michelangelo
A new edition of Saracino’s Hero is on display at the Accademia Gallery, Florence during Expo 2015, the global exhibition that Italy until October 31, 2015.
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Paris shooting, a tribute to the victims in Florence
Hundreds of people gathered across Florence and other Italian cities to pay tribute to the victims of a violent shooting at the Paris offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo.
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A new, stronger plinth for Michelangelo’s David
The Italian government has announced it will spend about $ 300,000 on a new, stronger plinth for Michelangelo’s David because of a recent series of tremors in the Tuscan Region, the BBC reported some days ago.
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Found micro-fractures in Michelangelo’s statue of David
Found micro-fractures in Michelangelo’s statue of David, researchers in Florence warned on Wednesday April 30, 2014.
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Michelangelo’s David with Rifle taken out of Circulation
Michelangelo’s David with Rifle advertisement was taken out of Circulation last march. The company said in a statement to ABC News that the ad had been taken out of circulation when a new owner bought ArmaLite.
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Florence blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle
The city of Florence, Italy, blasts Michelangelo’s David holding rifle image. The comments come after the the image by Illinois-based ArmaLite, which uses Michelangelo’s statue to promote the rifle with the tagline “A work of art”.
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Getting Reacquainted with Michelangelo
As part of the celebrations to commemorate the four-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti, the Galleria dell’Accademia of Florence in collaboration with Fratelli Alinari IDEA present an exhibition that deals with the complex theme of the renewed interest and admiration for the artist from the XIX century until today.
Read moreThe Japanese want “put some clothes on David”
Giant reproductions of Michelangelo’s David and the Venus de Milo are raising eyebrows in the Japanese town of Okuizumo because of their oversize nude bodies.
Read moreMichelangelo design copied from Leonardo
An art scholar suggests Michelangelo copied fellow artist Leonardo da Vinci in the design of a great gilded copper ball once placed atop Florence’s basilica of San Lorenzo. Vincenzo Vaccaro, an official with the Superintendence for Architectural Heritage of Florence, made the claim last week y in the Medici Chapels.
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