StrangeSights: A matchstick Michelangelo; a Ukrainian-born Miss Japan sparks debate; and, why fried toothpicks shouldn’t be on the menu…
DAVID ADAMS provides a round-up of some stories on the odder side of life…
StrangeSights: Michelangelo’s thumbprint?; a cheesy ice cream; and, a new burpee record…
DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…
Restorers uncover new details in a Michelangelo Pieta
Rome, ItalyAP A restoration of one of Michelangelo’s sculptures of the Madonna and Christ has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artist’s tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax. Florence’s Museo dell’Opera del Duomo said Wednesday that the cleaning of the Bandini Pieta, which began last year but was suspended […]
GREAT WORKS: THE ‘PIETÁ’
DAVID ADAMS looks at the story behind Michelangelo’s world famous sculpture, Pietá…