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A Road Retraveled: Roman Church or Solar Observatory?

Today’s guest post is from Simone di Santi of A Road Retraveled who takes us through a most interesting church in Rome where Ancient Roman Pagan hedonism, Catholicism, and Science merge together through the centuries. A Road Retraveled travel web series strives to empower, educate and encourage viewers to travel. Their pathway to education includes [...]

Virtual Sistine Chapel

Take a virtual tour of the Sistine Chapel. This one is a private tour, and the only thing you’ll see is the artwork and chapel. No crowds, no elevated whispers. Great opportunity to study Michelangelo’s work up close.

Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel Ceiling

Michelangelo Buonorroti did not consider himself to be a painter. He studied the human form in order to create three dimensional works of art as sculpture. His chosen method of communication was through the art of carving stone. But Michelangelo also lived during one of the most creative times in European Art History and when [...]

Galleria dell’Accademia

The Accademia di Belle Arti is not only a gallery museum that holds Michelangelo’s most famous work, The David. The Accadamia di Belle Arti is also an art school and library.

Michelangelo At The Louvre

The Louvre is not a place I would instinctively visit to see work by the famous sculptor Michelangelo Buonarotti.


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