Five Translation Mistakes That Changed Art History
Why did Michelangelo portray Moses with horns? Why are there monkeys in Giulio Romano’s Chamber of Giants? And why does the Nativity scene...
Arianna Richetti 18 March 2024
Why did Michelangelo portray Moses with horns? Why are there monkeys in Giulio Romano’s Chamber of Giants? And why does the Nativity scene...
Arianna Richetti 18 March 2024
There is a lot happening in this Sistine Chapel altar-wall fresco. Narratives within other narratives that contain enough imagery to last scholars a...
Rachel Witte 9 March 2024
Visitors of the Basilica di San Lorenzo in Florence, Italy have a unique chance to visit a secret room under the Medici Chapel until March 30, 2024,...
Natalia Iacobelli 6 March 2024
I guess everyone knows Michelangelo’s Pietà from St. Peter Basilica in the Vatican. But did you know, it is not the only sculpture of this subject...
Zuzanna Stańska 6 March 2024
No, I am not indulging in casual profanity, in this painting, we are actually looking at God’s bare bottom and it graces the ceiling of the Sistine...
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Anastasia Manioudaki 12 February 2024
Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, known as Michelangelo, is undoubtedly among the world’s most treasured artists. His connection to...
Maya M. Tola 11 February 2024
The debate about the supremacy of painting over sculpture or the other way around has been around for centuries. What is better, what is more real,...
Magda Michalska 5 February 2024
Childcare can take so many forms. Kids throughout history have been raised by gay dads, lesbian moms, whole villages, singles, and adoptive parents.
Candy Bedworth 1 January 2024
Lapis lazuli, once more precious than gold, has a history of over 9000 years. The earliest artifacts found at Bhirrana, which is the oldest site of...
Irina Diana Calu 30 December 2023
Michelangelo Buonarroti, a painter, sculptor, and architect was born in Caprese, Italy on March 6, 1475. He is one of those geniuses whose biography...
Zuzanna Stańska 21 December 2023
Rachel Witte 20 October 2023