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Since its creation in 2010, The Bank of America Art Conservation Project has funded 275 projects in over 40 countries. The project awarded 16 other grants this year in addition to Rothko Chapel.
The cardinals are voting inside the Sistine Chapel, but the seagulls have the high ground. As the world watches the conclave, underway inside the Sistine Chapel, seagulls perched atop the roof ...
He ended up finishing his masterpiece of painting the ceilings and vaults in only four years, finishing in 1512, according to the Musei Vaticani. The Sistine Chapel was used for the ceremonies of ...
on the afternoon of May 7, Archbishop Diego Ravelli will order all but the cardinal electors who will choose the next pope to leave the Sistine Chapel ... lying on his back painting all these ...
From a realistic, picture-perfect painting to a captivating view of the chimney installation on top of the Sistine Chapel, here's what caught Suzanne Le Mignot and Ed Curran's eye this week.
The conclave is designed to be a highly secretive process, wherein the outside world is entirely ignorant to the discussions happening inside the Sistine Chapel, and the cardinals themselves ...
In a process shrouded in secrecy, the Sacred College of Cardinals is gearing up to elect Pope Francis' successor inside the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel, renowned for its extensive Renaissance art ...
Is there anything left to say about the Sistine Chapel? Adriano Marinazzo, the curator of the accompanying exhibition of the same name at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the college of William ...
“Sinfonia of Art,” a mixed-media show in partnership with High Country Sinfonia, opens at the Aspen Chapel Gallery from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2. The curator is artist Sam Louras. Ten percent of ...
While preparing to fresco the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling, Italian artist Michelangelo created hundreds—possibly thousands—of small sketches to work out the design. He destroyed many of those ...