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by Silvia Donati | Thu, 08/14/2014 - 02:00

Tourists and residents not going to the beach this Ferragosto need not despair: they will have many options to keep themselves entertained, as museums,…

Culture

Major Exhibit about Michelangelo Opens in Rome

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 05/27/2014 - 06:40

An extraordinary exhibition to mark the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo’s death – 18 February 1564 – is opening today in Rome at the Musei Capitolini,…

Culture

Michelangelo's David at Risk of Collapsing

by Silvia Donati | Wed, 05/07/2014 - 01:30

Michelangelo's David is at risk of collapsing under its own weight, researchers from the National Research Council (CNR) and the University of Florence warned…

Culture

Three of the Greatest Italian Artworks of All Time

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 03/30/2014 - 02:00

Art critic Jonathan Jones recently named his 10 favorite artworks of all time for the British newspaper The Guardian. Not surprisingly, at least 3 are Italian…

Culture

Help Book About Michelangelo's David Get Published

by Anonymous (not verified) | Thu, 03/27/2014 - 21:00

“From Marble to Flesh: The Biography of Michelangelo’s David” is a forthcoming book by Art History professor Victor Coonin. It promises to be “the first…

Culture

Exhibit About Academy of the Arts of Drawing Opens in Florence

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 03/25/2014 - 21:00

In the image: a drawing by Michelangelo. The State Archives of Florence inaugurated an important exhibition last week, “From Michelangelo to the Contemporary…

Lifestyle

Armed David in Rifle Ad Causes Outrage

by Silvia Donati | Sun, 03/09/2014 - 20:18

In place of the sling, a sniper rifle. That’s the David, according to ArmaLite Inc., a manufacturer of weapons based in Illinois, which has used the…

Food & Drink

Michelangelo's Creation of Adam Made into Enormous Cake

by ITALY | Sun, 03/02/2014 - 21:41

10,000 marshmallows and half a billion sprinkles decorated the huge, 12-square-meter cake prepared to celebrate the 450th anniversary of Michelangelo’s death…

Culture

Uffizi Gallery Add New “Green” Rooms

by Silvia Donati | Tue, 02/25/2014 - 01:45

Yet more color at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. After the Blue, Red and Yellow rooms, it’s now the turn of green, to celebrate the connection between the…

Culture

Visiting Carrara Marble Quarries - Apuan Alps' Eternal Snow

by Felix Petrelli | Fri, 02/21/2014 - 03:00

When driving along the west coast of Tuscany just north of Pisa, you will see jagged alps rising steeply from the narrow strip of land, glistening majestically…