Michelangelo : 27 Articles

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The human body in Italian art after Michelangelo

The human body in Italian art after Michelangelo

Art history • 7 minutes read
Looking at the works of Michelangelo, whether carved in marble or frescoed on ceilings and walls, what immediately strikes one is the extraordinary depiction of the human body: taut muscles, natural poses, veins, tendons, joints that seem to pulse under the marble skin...
The Timeless Art of Drawing: 10 Masterpieces That Made History

The Timeless Art of Drawing: 10 Masterpieces That Made History

Art history • 10 minutes read
With the arrival of the Salon du dessin 2025, which will bring together collectors, experts, and enthusiasts from around the world at the Palais Brongniart, this is the perfect moment to celebrate the fundamental role of drawing in the history of art...
Michelangelo Pistoletto Reimagines Caravaggio's Stolen Masterpiece in Sicily

Michelangelo Pistoletto Reimagines Caravaggio's Stolen Masterpiece in Sicily

Art news • 2 minutes read
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. The project is part of an initiative to perpetuate Caravaggio's legacy by exhibiting a work by a new artist each year.
This Month, the Prado in Madrid Will Unveil a Recently Discovered Caravaggio

This Month, the Prado in Madrid Will Unveil a Recently Discovered Caravaggio

Art news • 2 minutes read
A painting nearly sold at auction for $1,600 three years ago has been identified as a lost masterpiece by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio. The Prado in Spain has announced that this painting, titled Ecce Homo, will be publicly displayed for the first time on May 27...
Top 10: Paintings of the Italian Renaissance

Top 10: Paintings of the Italian Renaissance

Renaissance • 13 minutes read
Can we talk about the Renaissance? The subject matter overwhelms me, the grandeur of the Renaissance painters terrifies me to the point of feeling overwhelmed...
Vandals destroy a work by the leader of Arte Povera

Vandals destroy a work by the leader of Arte Povera

Art News • 3 minutes read
A man has been arrested after the life-size version of Michelangelo Pistoletto's 'Ragged Venus' was smashed. City officials said the artwork would be reinstalled.
Painters portraying painters

Painters portraying painters

Portraits • 9 minutes read
The question I propose above is answered simply by consulting Wikipedia, as it is now well established, certain, and somewhat taken for granted how the genre of the portrait...
Expansion work allows the creation of a rare work of land art!

Expansion work allows the creation of a rare work of land art!

Art News • 2 minutes read
The outdoor installation was first considered in 2003, but it was not built until the Italian artist reached the age of 90.
Genius and drawing: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael

Genius and drawing: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Raphael

Drawing • 9 minutes read
There are several ways to talk about the art of drawing, such as illustrating the origin of its technique by explicating its evolution, or showing in chronological order works that changed its history, finally...
Top ten: male nude paintings

Top ten: male nude paintings

Art history • 14 minutes read
The female nude has been, since the dawn of human civilization, at the center of the art historical narrative, which, in a sense, has been more accepting of the externalization of this type of physicality, compared to the male nude...

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