Articles tagged with: michelangelo
Red walls and new neighbours for Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo
There’s a lot of talk online about the new room created to house Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo at the Uffizi. One room over from the small bland “Room formerly known as 35″ that used to house this masterpiece is the new, red, brightly lit Room 35 that has been set up first and foremost to provide …
Andrea Commodi and Michelangelo – an exhibit at Casa Buonarroti
Present-day Michelangelo fans will appreciate this unusual opportunity to get to know one of Michelangelo’s past admirers: artist Andrea Commodi (1560 – 1638). The museum of Casa Buonarroti in Florence is hosting an exhibit this summer (until August 31 2012) that puts works by Commodi from the Uffizi’s drawing collection (Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe) alongside …
“Figures, Memory, Space” Quattrocento Drawings exhibit at the Uffizi: 3 reasons to go
I don’t like the word stunning. The literal meaning of the verb to stun has been has been entirely diminished by its overapplication to everything from a nice dress to the Grand Canyon. Yet I must say: I was stunned by a Leonardo drawing yesterday at the Uffizi’s exhibit “Figures, Memory, Space. Drawings from Fra …
Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library, Mannerist Tendencies
It’s high time I write something about the Laurentian Library as this post has been in my drafts folder for over a year! Perhaps it has remained there because Mannerist architecture is not exactly an easy topic, and it’s even more difficult when you’re not in situ (and when photos are prohibited in this location!). …
Michelangelo Anatomy as Architecture in Williamsburg, VA
Michelangelo: Anatomy as Architecture consists of drawings, archival pages, and engravings on loan from the finest collection of Michelangelo drawings and the ancestral home, the Casa Buonarroti in Florence, Italy. The exhibition explores new research in Michelangelo architectural studies, includes digital reconstructions of buildings never before believed to be influenced by Michelangelo, and lectures …
That Cupid has arthritis and Mona Lisa has high cholesterol (a rebuttal)
I don’t normally write reactionary pieces, but this bit of news has me frothing at the mouth. This Prof. Vito Franco from the pathology department in Palermo has taken to diagnosing illnesses in famous Renaissance works of art. He presented his findings at a conference in Florence in early January, but has not published a …
San Lorenzo will get new facade
This news just in via press release from the Regione Toscana:
The city of Florence and council for the Church of San Lorenzo announced today the ambitious project to finish the facade of the Basilica of San Lorenzo, left incomplete by Brunelleschi in the 15th century. The project, due to start as soon as funds are …
Student contest winner: Piazza della Signoria’s Dueling Statues
This is the contest winner in the Student category. Garret won a copy of The Food Lover’s Guide to Florence so that he can get in a good meal every once and a while!
Hello, my name is Garret Tufte. I recently came to Florence to study creative writing, and, having graduated from the University of …
The experience of viewing Michelangelo’s David
Charlene Thompson lives in New Brunswick, Canada. She loves Florence and writes this guest post about her experience.
DAVID. When I was a child, we would sing in church this little chorus. “Only a boy named David”. The words went something like:
“Only a boy named David, only a little sling. Only a boy named David, but …
Michelangelo Architect in Rome (exhibit)
Rome: Musei Capitolini. From Oct 6 2009 to Feb 7 2010, an exhibit of over 100 drawings highlights Michelangelo‘s architectural contribution to the Eternal City. During his two periods of residence in Rome (1505 to 1516, and from 1534 to his death in 1564) he worked on St. Peter’s Basilica, the Piazza del Campidoglio, the …
Special opening: Laurentian Library (Sept. 6 2009 to Jan. 6 2010)
Michelangelo’s Laurentian Library, next to the Church of San Lorenzo, is open to the public during a special exhibit dedicated to the shape of the book from roll to codex (“La forma del Libro”). This is a rare opportunity to visit this monumental space that is normally closed to the public.
Philip Glass concert for Maplethorpe, Accademia (13/07/09)
Arrttrav is pleased to publish the following press release, an invitation to a concert by Philip Glass that will take place at the Accademia Gallery in conjunction with the exhibit “Robert Maplethorpe – la perfezione nella forma”(on display until Sept. 27 2009).
Philip Glass in a performance of the etudes and other work for solo piano
July …
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