Michelangelo may have hidden a self-portrait in a sketch of an aristocratic woman poetess friend held in the British Museum, a new study says.
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Tag: Michelangelo Buonarroti
#500Firenze from Michelangelo to Pontormo
Starting September, 21, 2017, a spectacular exhibition in Florence devoted to the art of the second half of the 16th century from the Modern Manner to the Counter-Reformation.
Michelangelo river god revealed after 50 years
A fragile river god by Michelangelo has been restored after lying neglected in a basement storeroom below Casa Buonarroti in Florence for some 50 years.
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Michelangelo carved female sex organs, a study says
Michelangelo carved female sex organs in the Medici Chapels in Florence. The discovery was made by a study of the University of Porto Alegre in Brazil.
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Ten contemporary artists exhibit in home of David
Ten contemporary masters will show their works alongside Michelangelo masterpieces at the home of his David, Florence’s Galleria dell’Accademia, next year.
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The marble of Michelangelo’s David exposed in Florence
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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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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