St. Peter's Basilica contains his tomb... right? Why there's still some doubt
Some believe the basilica on Vatican Hill was built over the martyred bones of the apostle Peter—but is that true? After ...
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Museum Raises $6 Million to Keep Rare Renaissance Painting in the U.K.
A rare early masterpiece by the Renaissance painter Fra Angelico has been acquired by the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England ...
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Clark Art Institute Receives ‘Princely’ Collection of European Treasures
Museums are lucky if they receive either a large collection of valuable artworks or a big check. Getting both at the […] ...
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Ashmolean Fra Angelico Triptych Saved For The Nation
The Ashmolean Museum of the University of Oxford has raised £4.5 million to save an early Renaissance painting by Fra ...
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Italian Renaissance Drawings at the Fondation Custodia
The Fondation Custodia is exhibiting drawings from Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen: 120 masterpieces in a variety of styles and techniques, showing the medium’s essential role in the creative process ...
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Oxford museum saves Renaissance artwork for public after raising nearly £5m
Painted in the 1420s, the crucifixion painting by the Renaissance master Fra Angelico is the earliest surviving panel painting by the artist.
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Painting the dream
Praying hands are a commonplace of European art, but for Zimbabwean artist Portia Zvavahera it’s all about the feet of the prayerful. Constellations of soles ...
‘Conclave’ Transformed the Pomp of the Vatican Into an Escher-Like Gossip Factory
Production designer Suzie Davies tells IndieWire about blending Vatican grandeur with mundane modernity in Edward Berger's ...
Anna Wintour Reveals How Baz Luhrmann Once Convinced Rihanna to Dance on a Met Gala Table
LACMA's Art + Film Gala, presented by Gucci, took place at the museum on Saturday night, raised a record-setting $6.4 million ...
Catherine O'Hara Reveals the 'Amazing' Wedding Gift She Received from Tim Burton
He took us in this beautiful, little private museum full of, in glass cases, all the gifts given to the Vatican from all over ...
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How Many of These 40 Most Beautiful Cathedrals (And Churches) in the World Have You Seen?
From Istanbul's Blue Mosque to Paris’s Notre Dame, religious monuments have awed and amazed the masses for thousands of ...
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Drawing the Italian Renaissance review: This will delight Da Vinci and Michelangelo fans
The drawings, sketches and cartoons in this sensational exhibition at the King's Gallery provide a glimpse behind the scenes ...