Saturday, 30 November 2019

Pietà (The Deposition) by Michelangelo at the Museo dell'Opera del Duomo in Florence

The Deposition (also called the Bandini Pietà)- marble sculpture (ca. 1547 – 1555) by Michelangelo 










The Museum 

Museum of Opera of Saint Maria of Fiore
Piazza del Duomo, 9, 50122 Firenze FI,
Italy

Thursday, 28 November 2019

Battistero di San Giovanni in Florence

Battistero di San Giovanni (The Florence Baptistry) is a minor basilica in Florence, Italy. It was built between 1059 and 1128 and has a magnificent mosaic ceiling inside.

Battistero di San Giovanni in front of the Duomo

mosaic ceiling




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Wikipedia article

Battistero di San Giovanni
Piazza San Giovanni, 50122 Firenze FI,
Italy

Needle, Thread and Knot sculpture – Milan, Italy



Ago, Filo e Nodo (Needle, Thread and Knot) – Sculpture by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen 


The sculpture is made of brushed stainless steel and fiber-reinforced plastic; painted with polyester gelcoat and polyurethane enamel.

This public artwork is in Piazzale Cadorna, Milan, Italy – in front of Milan Cadorna railway station


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Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Milan Castle Da Vinci - Sotto l'ombra del Moro. La Sala delle Asse

From 16 May 2019 the Sala delle Asse in Milan Castle has been re-opened for the exhibition In the shadow of the Moro. The room has been undergoing restoration since 2013.


Sala delle Asse 



The Sala delle Asse is used for a multimedia tour with projections showing how the murals probably looked like when the decoration was painted by Leonardo at the request Ludovico il Moro.


Traces of preparatory drawings by Leonardo da Vinci in the Sala delle Asse 


Traces of preparatory drawings by Leonardo da Vinci in the Sala delle Asse 


These preparatory drawings were rediscovered during restoration works.

Some drawing by Leonardo were also exhibited in the Castle.

Marsh marigold (Caltha palustris) and wood anemone (Anemone nemorosa) c.1505-10 - Pen and ink over traces of black chalk on paper by Leonardo da Vinci 


Two willow trees (Salix sp.) c.1511-13 - Pen and ink on paper (7.0 x 7.4 cm) by Leonardo da Vinci (RCIN 912402) 


A storm over a hilly landscape (c.1517-18) Pen and ink over black chalk on paper (16.3 x 20.6 cm) by Leonardo da Vinci (RCIN 912401) 

Verso: Studies of the heart and pulmonary vessels of an ox (c. 1511-13) - Pen and ink on blue paper (28.5 x 20.8 cm) by Leonardo da Vinci (RCIN 919072) 



Where is the exhibition

Sotto l'ombra del Moro. La Sala delle Asse (from 16 May 2019 to 19 April 2020)
Leonardo mai visto (Leonardo discovered)

Sforzesco Castle
Piazza Castello,
20121 Milano MI, Italy

Saturday, 23 November 2019

The Pietà Rondanini by Michelangelo



Pietà Rondanini - Sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti

The Pietà Rondanini is the last incomplete work by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564). It can be seen at the Museo Pietà Rondanini-Michelangelo inside the Milan Castle (Castello Sforzesco)






Museo Pietà Rondanini-Michelangelo - Castello Sforzesco



Museo Pietà Rondanini-Michelangelo
Sforzesco Castle
Piazza Castello,
20121 Milano MI, Italy