NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Restored Renaissance Masterpiece on View in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Restored Renaissance Masterpiece on View in New Installation at Metropolitan Museum
NEW YORK, NY.- Filippino Lippi (1457-1504) is one of the great artists of 15th-century Florence. Among his principal patrons was the wealthy banker Filippo Strozzi (1428–1491), who in 1487 contracted the artist to decorate his funerary chapel in …
Expert Says Michelangelo Drew Inspiration from Brothels to Paint Frescoes in Sistine Chapel
ROME.- The Renaissance genius artist Michelangelo Buonarroti drew inspiration from various Italian brothels to paint some of the figures that form part of the frescoed panels of the Sistine Chapel, assured specialist Elena Lazzarini in an article publi…
Iconographic Analysis Conducted by Archaeologists on Murals Reveal Maya Military Life
MEXICO CITY.- An iconographic analysis conducted regarding different Maya murals created in Prehispanic times, between 600 and 1000 of the Common Era, have allowed the hypothetical reconstruction of the way the milita was integrated in this culture; sc…
Iconographic Analysis Conducted by Archaeologists on Murals Reveal Maya Military Life
MEXICO CITY.- An iconographic analysis conducted regarding different Maya murals created in Prehispanic times, between 600 and 1000 of the Common Era, have allowed reconstructing hypothetically the way military was integrated in this culture; scenes st…
Ex-J. Paul Getty Museum Curator Marion True’s Trafficking Trial Ends in Italy
ROME (AP).- A Rome judge declared an end Wednesday to the trial of a former J. Paul Getty Museum antiquities curator accused of knowingly acquiring looted art from Italy, citing the expiration of the statute of limitations, defense lawyers said. The 6-…
After More than 20 Years, Michelangelo’s Most Precious Drawings at Albertina in Vienna
VIENNA.- Between 8 October 2010 and 9 January 2011, the Albertina presents the first major Michelangelo exhibition in more than twenty years. This display of 120 out of the artist’s most precious drawings offers a comprehensive insight into the wo…
Tourist Crowds Threaten Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Says Vatican Museums Chief
VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in…
Tourist Crowds Threaten Vatican’s Sistine Chapel Says Vatican Museums Chief
VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican Museums chief warned that dust and polluting agents brought into the Sistine Chapel by thousands of tourists every day risk one day endangering its priceless artworks. Antonio Paolucci told the newspaper La Repubblica in…