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Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel Sketches on View in the U.S.
A rare collection of sketches by Michelangelo, made in preparation for painting the Vatican's Sistine Chapel ceiling, is on ...
Michelangelo is coming to Williamsburg: Original works by one of the best artists of all time slated for display
An exhibition featuring original drawings by Michelangelo will go on display March 6 at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at ...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Drawings Make First U.S. Visit
During the four years he spent painting the Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo executed hundreds of preparatory drawings, only 50 of which survive today. In March, a rare roundup of these sketches ...
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Rarely Seen Sketches by Michelangelo Debut in the US
The exhibition spans five galleries — three of which have been painted a soft shade of blue to evoke the feeling of being at the Sistine Chapel while visitors consider Michelangelo’s process ...
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Michelangelo Exhibit Now Open at William & Mary’s Muscarelle Museum of Art
The museum, located on the campus of William & Mary, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, Sunday from noon to ...
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Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel Sketches Are Coming to America
A new exhibition opening next month at the Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg, Virginia, explores the Italian Renaissance master's preparations for his famous ceiling frescoes ...
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Nine things you might not know about the Sistine Chapel
Michelangelo was just five years old in 1480 when Pope Sixtus IV commissioned the building of the Sistine Chapel. The chapel was part of a glorification of the Vatican carried out by Sixtus.
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Vatican Museums and Sistine Chapel
Attractions encompass the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter's Basilica and the Vatican Museums, making this city-state so immense (and notoriously crowded) that guided Vatican tours are highly recommended.