Posts tagged Michelangelo

Michelangelo's Last Judgment and Marcello Venusti's Copy

As if you didn't need another excuse to visit the just-about-to-end Renaissance in Rome exhibit at Palazzo Venezia, here is one more! Marcello Venusti created a copy of Michelangelo's epic Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel before the latter was brutally censored under Pope Pius IV in 1565. Daniele da Volterra was forced to do the dirty work against his will. He was one of Michelangelo's most devout and adoring followers and he agreed to censor the work only because he was told it would otherwise be destroyed.

ArtTiffany ParksMarch 15, 2012Michelangelo, censorship in artComment

Long-lost Paintings by Michelangelo and Caravaggio: Are They or Aren't They?

One thing these two shows have in common is that each has a work of art on display that has been recently attributed to one of the two passionately adored Michelangelos. At The Renaissance in Rome, the so-called Pietà of Ragusa, literally discovered behind a couch in a middle-class home in Buffalo, New York, recently restored and on display publicly for the first time, is allegedly a long-lost work by Michelangelo Buonarroti himself.

Art, ExhibitionsTiffany ParksMarch 13, 2012Renaissance, Renaissance art, Michelangelo, CaravaggioComment

Running into Some Old Friends at an Exhibit

The most enjoyable thing about taking a long afternoon to visit the Renaissance in Rome exhibit, besides getting the chance to see so much amazing art in one place, was the sensation I kept getting that I was bumping into an old friend.

Art, ExhibitionsTiffany ParksJanuary 26, 2012Renaissance art, Renaissance, Michelangelo, RaphaelComment

The Renaissance in Rome: In the Footsteps of Michelangelo and Raphael

If you are in Rome and haven't yet had a chance to visit the wonderful exhibit at Palazzo Sciarra, I suggest you high-tail it over there soon, because in just a few weeks it will be over and the amazing works will be shipped back from whence they came. I try to post about each exhibit as it is beginning, but this one got lost in the shuffle, and I am just getting around to write about it now.

Art, ExhibitionsTiffany ParksJanuary 21, 2012Renaissance art, Renaissance, Michelangelo, RaphaelComment

The Pines of Rome

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