VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican’s Apostolic Library is reopening to scholars following a three-year, euro9-million ($11.5- million) renovation to install climate-controlled rooms for its precious manuscripts and state-of-the-art security measures to pr…
Vatican Apostolic Library Reopens After Three-Year Restoration
VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican’s Apostolic Library is reopening to scholars following a three-year, euro9-million ($11.5- million) renovation to install climate-controlled rooms for its precious manuscripts and state-of-the-art security measures to pr…
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…
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…
Painting at Center of Caravaggio Mystery Unveiled in Rome
ROME (AP).- Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master. The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” w…
Art Officials Unveil "Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" Which is at Center of Caravaggio Mystery
ROME (AP).- Art officials on Tuesday unveiled the painting at the center of the latest Caravaggio mystery, after the Vatican newspaper first suggested and then denied that the canvas was the work of the Italian master. The “Martyrdom of St. Lawrence” w…
Vatican Reverses Itself, "The Martyrdom of St. Lawrence" Not a Caravaggio
VATICAN CITY (AP).- The Vatican’s top art historian on Monday shot down a report in its own newspaper that suggested a recently discovered painting was a Caravaggio. The head of the Vatican Museums, Antonio Paolucci, wrote in the Vatican newspaper L’Os…
L’Osservatore Romano Says New Caravaggio May Have Been Found
ROME (AP).- The Vatican newspaper reported Saturday that a new Caravaggio painting may have been found in Rome, but cautioned that further analyses are required before it can be attributed for certain to the Italian master. The front-page story in L’Os…