It’s among the largest collections of Michelangelo sculptures ever shown. But there’s a catch
The SMK in Copenhagen couldn’t move the Italian artist’s sculptures, so it’s showing reproductions in the show “Michelangelo Imperfect,” including a new set of ‘identical’ 3D-printed works made by ...
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Ancient Greek and Roman Statues Were Not Only Beautiful, but Also Smelled Nice, Too
“Taking their cue from these seemingly unpainted marbles, artists like Michelangelo left their Renaissance sculptures similarly unadorned,” wrote Meilan Solly for Smithsonian magazine in 202 ...
Ancient statues were colorful — and perfumed
The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...
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A crumbling, long-forgotten statue with an unusual erect phallus might be a Michelangelo. Renaissance scholars want hard evidence.
Wallace, an author or editor of eight books about the Renaissance artist, viewed the statue on a Jenrette-led tour in 2015 with a group of conservationists. He told Insider the sculpture was ...
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The cultural fight over Michelangelo's David
Michelangelo's David is among the most famous pieces of Renaissance artwork and remains a well-known symbol of Italy. More than 1.4 million people visit the sculpture annually at Florence's ...
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Video of AI robot carving marble statues leaves internet depressed: ‘The robots sculpt and paint while we toil’
On March 21, Monumental Labs shared a video of an AI-powered robot carving a Renaissance-style marble sculpture with cutting-edge technology. Their Instagram page has shared several other clips of ...
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Italian Renaissance drawings show at Buckingham Palace includes Titian study never seen in Britain
Drawing the Italian Renaissance (1 November-9 March 2025) includes works by 81 artists spanning 1450 to ... for a lavish marble altar including sculptures of saints, the Virgin and Child, and ...
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Statues in ancient Greece, Rome were colorful — and perfumed
"This strange concept of colorless sculptures dates back to the Renaissance," when form was emphasized over color, archaeologist Vinzenz Brinkmann told DW in a 2020 interview. Renaissance artists ...