LONDON.-Four hundred years after Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop, the astronomer condemned by the Catholic Church was celebrated on the same spot with a multimedia art exhibit that, oddly enough, included…
Galileo Honored by Vatican and American Academy in Rome, on Anniversary
LONDON.-Four hundred years after Galileo Galilei first demonstrated his telescope to scholars on a Roman hilltop, the astronomer condemned by the Catholic Church was celebrated on the same spot with a multimedia art exhibit that, oddly enough, included…
Raphael Tapestries Go on Show in Britain at the Victoria & Albert Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- Four priceless tapestries designed by the Renaissance master Raphael have gone on display with their original drawings for the first time at an exhibition in London to coincide with Pope Benedict’s visit to Britain. The fragile artwo…
Raphael Tapestries Go on Show in Britain at the Victoria & Albert Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- Four priceless tapestries designed by the Renaissance master Raphael have gone on display with their original drawings for the first time at an exhibition in London to coincide with Pope Benedict’s visit to Britain. The fragile artwo…
Léon Ferrari Retrospective Opens at a Catholic Church in Arles
ARLES, FRANCE – The presence of a Léon
Ferrari
retrospective in a church is a paradox verging on the miraculous: here
we have a
famous, ninety-year-old artist who has devoted a large part of his
working life
to studying and implacably cri…
Léon Ferrari Retrospective Opens at a Church in Arles
ARLES.- The presence of a Léon Ferrari retrospective in a church is a paradox verging on the miraculous: here we have a famous, ninety-year-old artist who has devoted a large part of his working life to studying and implacably criticising the Catholic…