For all its transformations over the decades, Pistoletto’s work has maintained its focus on the fundamental dialectic ...
But Michelangelo could not refuse the demands of a Pope. In 1508 he began. The art of fresco was infamous for separating the great from the merely good. Michelangelo employed assistants for the ...
The Muscarelle Museum of Art at William & Mary will transport visitors to Renaissance Italy and commemorate the 550th ...
the yellow dress and the blonde hair but also the whole context in which Michelangelo places this figure to underscore her importance,” Italian Art Restorer, Sara Penco told a media conference ...
At the turn of the 16th century, Florence was the scene for "what may have been the ultimate clash of the titans of Western ...
"Tommaso became the object of Michelangelo's affection, his muse, and the inspiration for letters, numerous poems, and various works of visual art. The two would remain devoted friends until the ...
Michelangelo Pistoletto is an Italian painter, performance artist, and theorist. Best known for his innovative stainless steel paintings with mirror-like surfaces, he also produced pioneering ...
The 91-year-old artist has transformed an old Italian mill into an experimental school, restaurant — and next, a ‘cultural ...
Michelangelo's David is among the most famous pieces of Renaissance artwork and remains a well-known symbol of Italy. More than 1.4 million people visit the sculpture annually at Florence's ...
The Florence museum that houses Michelangelo's statue of David has invited teachers and students from a Florida school to visit, after an uproar over an art lesson. The school's principal quit ...
In The Story of Art, EH Gombrich mentions that Michelangelo initially refused the commission for frescoes in the vault. “He was convinced that this thankless commission had been palmed off on to ...
Arte Povera artist Michelangelo Pistoletto has created a new version of Caravaggio's Nativity , stolen in 1969 from the Oratory of Saint Lawrence in Sicily, to pay tribute to the lost masterpiece.