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Wednesday 10 March 2010
ULTRAVIOLET RAYS UNCOVER “THE REAL” GIOTTO
Ultraviolet Rays Uncover “The Real” Giotto
Giotto’s original paintings in the Peruzzi Chapel, in the basilica of Santa Croce in Florence, have no more secrets. The use of ultraviolet rays has allowed a skilful team of restorers to uncover the details which ...
by Silvia Bosi
Art Exhibits
Monday 27 July 2009
IN FLORENCE MAPPLETHORPE DIALOGUES WITH MICHELANGELO
In Florence Mapplethorpe Dialogues With Michelangelo
Robert Mapplethorpe would have been proud of it. It is him, the photographer of scandals and obscenity, according to the self-righteous orthodox, in a temple of art like the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. The US artist would have been ...
by Elena Lanzanova
Art News
Monday 6 July 2009
A PORTRAIT OF MICHELANGELO EMERGES FROM THE RESTORATION OF THE PAULINE CHAPEL
A Portrait Of Michelangelo Emerges From The Restoration Of The Pauline Chapel
Last Saturday, in the presence of Pope Benedict XVI, the Pauline Chapel in the Vatican Buildings in Rome was inaugurated after seven years of restoration works. The architectonic setting has been restored according to the original 16th century ...
by Silvia Bosi
Art Market
Thursday 11 June 2009
THE CAMUCCINI COLLECTION AT AUCTION AT BLOOMSBURY
The Camuccini Collection At Auction At Bloomsbury
Manuscripts, autograph documents, science and medicine essays, letters, relics and photographic evidence, atlases, will be the desired objects which collectors will be able to obtain at Bloomsbury’s next special auction in Rome. The appointment with the auction of ...
by Silvia Bosi
Art News
Wednesday 29 April 2009
THE NEW YORK TIMES WRITES: “IS IT OR ISN’T IT A MICHELANGELO?”
The New York Times Writes: “is It Or Isn’T It A Michelangelo?”
“Is it or isn't it a Michelangelo?” This is the question with which, a few days ago, the New York Times, influential US newspaper, started an article about the attribution to the great Renaissance master of ...
by Elena Lanzanova
Flashnews
Thursday 23 April 2009
Yes, It’s Beautiful, The Italians All Say, But It’s A Michelangelo?
ROME — Is it or isn’t it a Michelangelo? That is the question being pondered by art experts after the Italian state spent 3.3 million euros, or $4.2 million, last year to buy a small wooden crucifix attributed to that ...
by arcadja
Flashnews
Thursday 9 April 2009
Tuscan Tower ‘by Michelangelo’
Pietrasanta - A 16th-century bell tower in this Tuscan hillside town has been attributed to Renaissance great Michelangelo. The study, by History of Architecture researchers at Florence University, also claims the tower's interior is an exact mirror image of Trajan's ...
by arcadja
Art News
Thursday 11 December 2008
WORKS AT THE SAGRADA FAMILIA, FAVOURABLE OR AGAINST?
Works At The Sagrada Familia, Favourable Or Against?
 The Sagrada Familia is one of the most famous buildings realised by Antoni Gaudì – the renowned architect who was able to marry in his works fantasy and solidity, past and modernity, transferring talent and movement to architectonic rigour. The ...
by Silvia Bosi