Michelangelo (Italian, –1564)

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Lucas Cranach the Elder, <em>Adam</em> and <em>Eve</em> (circa 1530). Courtesy of the Norton Simon. Art Bites: How the Modesty Police Used Fig Leaves to Censor Nudes
Michelangelo Buonarroti, <em>The Creation of Adam</em> in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican Museums, Rome. Art Bites: Michelangelo’s Poem About How Much It Sucked to Paint the Sistine Chapel
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Drawings believed to be by Michelangelo in the Stanza Segreta, or Secret Room, at the Museum of the Medici Chapels, part of the Bargello Museums and the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence. Photo courtesy of the Bargello Museums, Florence. A Secret Room in a 16th-Century Italian Chapel, Where Michelangelo Hid—and Drew—for Months, Opens to the Public
Michelangelo, <em>David</em> at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. Photo by Roberto Serra, Iguana Press/Getty Images. Florida’s Department of Education Declares ‘David’ a Work of ‘Artistic Value’ After a Principal Was Fired Over a Lesson Showing the Nude
Michelangelo's <em>David</em> at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence. Photo by Annie Slizak, Creative Commons <a href=Attribution 3.0 Unported license" title="A Florida School Focused on Classical Western Civilization Fired a Principal Over a Lesson Showing Michelangelo’s ‘David’" /> A Florida School Focused on Classical Western Civilization Fired a Principal Over a Lesson Showing Michelangelo’s ‘David’
Project donors and Casa Buonarroti management with Artemisia Gentileschi,<em>Allegory of Inclination<em> (1816). Photo by Olga Makarova, courtesy of the Casa Buonarroti, Florence. A Nude That Artemisia Gentileschi Painted for Michelangelo’s House Was Covered Up Because It Was Too Racy. Now It Is Being Revealed
Exhibitors at a Fair in Dubai Have Covered Up the Private Parts of Michelangelo’s ‘David,’ Fearing It Might Offend Visitors
Michelangelo, <em>Wax model of a slave</em> (ca. 1516–19). Photo courtesy of Victoria & Albert Museum, London. The Victoria and Albert Museum Says It Has Spotted Michelangelo’s Thumbprint, Preserved in Wax, on One of His Sculptures
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Restoration of Michelangelo's <em>Bandini Pietà</em> at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence. Photo by Claudio Giovannini/CGE, courtesy of the Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore. The Sculpture Michelangelo Made for His Own Tomb Is Getting Its First Major Restoration in Italy—See the Powerful Images Here
Part of the artwork of Michelangelo that adorns the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, Italy. Photo by Fotopress/Getty Images. Want the Sistine Chapel All to Yourself? A Travel Company Is Pricing Private Tours at $5,558 Per Person
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Carmen Bambach. Photo courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Curator of the Met’s Celebrated Michelangelo Show Just Won the First $100,000 Vilcek Prize to Support Immigrant Achievement
A Painting Stolen From a Belgian Church Last Week Might Have Been by Michelangelo
A scene from <em>Giudizio Universale: Michelangelo and the Secrets of the Sistine Chapel</em>. Photo courtesy of Artainment Worldwide Shows. Sistine Chapel, the Ride? See Inside Michelangelo’s Masterpieces in Rome’s High-Tech Theatrical Production
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Michelangelo visits the Metropolitan Museum on Thursday, January 25, 2018. Photo by Rebecca Schear, courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Michelangelo Mania Rocketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art to Break Its Record for Annual Attendance
Michelangelo Buonarroti <i>Studies for the Libyan Sibyl (recto); Studies for the Libyan Sibyl and a small Sketch for a Seated Figure (verso)</i>, (c. 1510–11). Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met’s Once-in-a-Lifetime Michelangelo Exhibition Attracted 700,000 Visitors, More Than Alexander McQueen
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