Tagged With "Michelangelo"

I don't know how these contemporary artists feel, but it's a tall order to be compared to Michelangelo. I think I'd rather take on the original Dream Team in basketball in their prime then what these artists up against.

          The Vatican's Pieta, by Michelangelo.   Florence's Galleria dell'Accademia , home of Michelangelo's David, will put on a exhibition temporarily titled "The great masters of contemporary art...

(Overview of the city, viewed from "Rome from the Sky") I'd previously discussed the old Roman Ruins, which you can read about here. After the fall of the Roman Empire around 500 A.D., Rome entered a dark age that lasted a thousand years. ...

(Mural of Pope John Paul II, St. Peter's Square, The Vatican) When visiting the Vatican you leave Italy and enter another country, albeit a very small (110 acre) country with only a few hundred permanent residents.  Yet the Vatican...

(View of Florence from the Piazzale Michelangelo)  It’s hard to imagine a prettier setting for an historic city than the heart of Tuscany; that’s where you’ll find Florence, birthplace of the Renaissance and...

A proposed McDonald's opposite Florence's famed cathedral has brought a storm of protest and an ironic parody of Michelangelo's David statue.

Jonathan L takes us to the Piazzale Michelangelo for wonderful sunset views of Florence, Italy

Jonathan L takes us on an exploration of how the wealth and power of the Medici family was exhibited after their deaths

  It being the day before Good Friday, I thought it timely to share one of my favorite sculptures with you.  A major highlight of a visit to the Duomo Museum in Florence is to see Michelangelo's "The Deposition", also known as the...

Well done to the people of Florence. I am sure McDonalds can find a location nearby without taking away from a UNESCO site.

DrFumblefinger visits the historic home of the wealthy and influential Sforza family in Milan, and is especially pleased to see Michelangelo's final work,,the Pietà Rondanini.