Michelangelo : 27 Articles

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Michelangelo Buonarroti

Famous artist • 26 minutes read
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, born on 6th March 1475 and passing away on 18th February 1564, was an Italian artist renowned as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet during the High Renaissance period...

The Creation of Adam (c. 1511) by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Michelangelo Buonarroti • 19 minutes read
On the right side, there is a depiction of God, suspended in the air, surrounded by a halo supported by angels and cherubim. On the left side, we see Adam lying down on a meadow, overlooking a grassy slope...

Top 10: the most scandalous nudes in art

Manet • 13 minutes read
My top ten has selected the best nude, crude, sensual, sometimes erotic and, as a result, extremely "scandalous," "demonic" and sometimes "dangerous" masterpieces for the eyes of those viewers most susceptible to the externalization of the sinuosities of the human body...

It's Not Just Florida: Michelangelo's David Censored in Scotland

Art News • 2 minutes read
Glasgow's Barolo restaurant will install ads showing the sculpture only from the waist down, after an ad showing the artwork in its entirety was turned down.

Ex-school principal fired for showing Michelangelo's 'David' travels to Florence

Art News • 2 minutes read
Hope Carrasquilla, a Florida administrator who was fired for showing students  Michelangelo's naked David sculpture, was flown to Florence.

Bacchus by Caravaggio

Art history • 8 minutes read
Caravaggio's Bacchus is a masterpiece of Baroque painting, depicting the Roman god of wine and fertility reclining on a bed of grapes and holding a goblet of wine in his left hand. The painting is notable for its striking use of light and shadow, and its intense emotional impact.

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi • 13 minutes read
Caravaggio, whose full name was Michelangelo Merisi (1571-1610), was an Italian Baroque painter. He is known for his use of dramatic lighting and intense realism in his paintings, as well as for his tumultuous life and controversial personality...

Florida Department of Education Says Michelangelo's David Has 'Artistic Value'

Art News • 2 minutes read
The marble statue of David by Michelangelo is back in the news because the Florida Department of Education says it has "artistic" and "historical" value.

Michelangelo's "David" in flesh and bone at "Saturday Night Live" to remove censorship

Lifestyle • 2 minutes read
The Renaissance sculpture "David" by Michelangelo made an unexpected appearance on "Saturday Night Live" to end the censorship debate, leading to the firing of a Florida principal.

A popular pictorial format of the Renaissance

Tondo • 9 minutes read
Certainly, within the immense breadth of the narrative of art history, works of rectangular or square format stand out in popularity and recurrence, which have often overshadowed the less common round or, even other shaped media.

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