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Eminent Biography: Michael Hirst on Michelangelo
Posted on March 6, 2012Born March 6, 1475 not far outside of Florence, Italy, Michelangelo di Ludovico Buonarroti Simoni seemed already to have the credentials to become the quintessential Renaissance Man. His hometown—Caprese—has since […] -
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Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan
Posted on December 8, 2011The National Gallery’s “Leonardo da Vinci: Painter at the Court of Milan” opened this fall, and is the most complete display of Leonardo’s rare surviving paintings ever held. Today we look […]