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Michelangelo's First Two Statues
Michelangelo got his first commission in Bologna: two small statues of saints. He had been studying the human body and found that he liked it above all other subjects. He would have liked to carve a … more »
The Best Artists
Creative Nonfiction, As I See It
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fistfulofwater wrote 9 hours ago: Recently, at a gathering of writers, a fiction writer happened to comment that nonfiction writing do … more »
Michelangelo's Unfinished Slaves
claralieu wrote 5 days ago: I’m getting closer to being able to define the approach I want to take with these figure sculp … more »
Two Artist's fighting.
Sheila Morley wrote 6 days ago: Did you ever hear the story about the competition between Michelangelo and Leonardo Divinci? You c … more »
Northeastern Tuscany
mytuscany wrote 1 week ago: Arezzo’s province stretches from the thickly forested mountains of the Casentino in the north, … more »
Books, Giants and Universe
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murz wrote 1 week ago: Reading the last chapter of a biography is always difficult, because I know how it ends. Naturally. … more »
Michelangelo's First Two Statues
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100swallows wrote 1 week ago: Michelangelo got his first commission in Bologna: two small statues of saints. He had been studying … more »
Who Killed My God?
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soulintention wrote 2 weeks ago: In 2005 at the American Magazine Conference (AMC) the American Society of Magazine Editor unveiled … more »
Michelangelo's Marble Quarries Today
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100swallows wrote 2 weeks ago: Michelangelo was not lazy but in his whole life—a long one—he finished only about twelve or four … more »
The Sistine Wall
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100swallows wrote 3 weeks ago: What does a painter want? He wants an empty wall, big as a church, that everyone will see, and freed … more »
A Book for a Bankbook
ocsitville wrote 3 weeks ago: Heavyweight. Literally or otherwise, that’s the word to describe Italy’s new art masterp … more »
The David
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Alexa Cohen wrote 3 weeks ago: Yesterday I read an article. It mentioned when Michelangelo’s Statue of David was first insta … more »
Time to beat Shredder, the illegal way!
darkkittenproductions wrote 1 month ago: As we were younger, we all used to love watching TV. Especially when our favorite Saturday morning c … more »
Michelangelo As Gladiator
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100swallows wrote 1 month ago: One of the most memorable adventures in the whole Michelangelo legend is his famous flight out of Ro … more »
But is it Art? part 1.
Layla wrote 1 month ago: Sydney Police Shutdown Exhibition Australian police have shutdown a photographic exhibition that inc … more »
Michelangelo and Bernini
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100swallows wrote 1 month ago: Robert Mileham wrote: I mean no disrespect for either of these two great sculptors. They, like Beeth … more »
Was Michelangelo Crooked ? (Part 4)
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100swallows wrote 1 month ago: The Cupid fraud is the last one the biographers mention. Did Michelangelo learn his lesson and get b … more »
sketch after Michelangelo
I, Enoch wrote 1 month ago: sketch after Michelangelo sketch after Francis Bacon … more »
Trifles
Quote-ster wrote 1 month ago: Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. -Michelangelo, 1475-1564, Italian Renaissance … more »
Sistine set-up: the 500-year-old art mystery
balkan wrote 1 month ago: Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel has inspired and enthralled millions but none who has craned in … more »
