Leo Steinberg’s compelling essays pull you into the interpretative process, asking you to see the drama he unpacks.
Tag: Michelangelo
In a Perplexing Pairing, Michelangelo Overwhelms Bill Viola
While Michelangelo’s sketches are, like human existence, full of contradictions, Viola’s work relies primarily on empty spectacles.
UFC Legend Conor McGregor Looks Chiseled in Uncanny Statue
A sculpture of the world-renowned MMA fighter by artist Aspencrow evokes Michelangelo and includes some astonishing level of detail.
Michelangelo Traces the States of Being and Non-being
Michelangelo’s sensitive phantasmagorical drawings are riveting because they are fierce and fragile; strength and tenderness, like figure and ground, are tied together, neither one complete without the other.
Michelangelo’s Divine Magnitude and Picasso’s Parade of Power
The intimate drawings of Michelangelo Buonarroti and the largest painting Pablo Picasso ever made.
Michelangelo the Ninja Turtle Visits Michelangelo the Artist at the Metropolitan Museum
Michelangelo, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, went to see works by his Renaissance namesake this morning.
Michelangelo’s Majestic Humanity
The Met’s new exhibition presents Michelangelo not as a demigod, but as a student, a thinker, a teacher, and a friend.
Chronicling the Rivalry and Camaraderie of Michelangelo and Sebastiano
The exhibition methodically and academically does what it says on the tin: offer compelling instances of collaboration and reveal the twists and turns of a 25-year friendship and artistic relationship.
How Michelangelo and Sebastiano’s Roman Chapel Was Recreated in London
For its current exhibition on the Renaissance artists, the National Gallery collaborated with Factum Arte to create a complex reproduction of one of their most famous collaborations.
Lapis Lazuli: A Blue More Precious than Gold
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — The first blue pigment to hold its color was often prized over gold. The semi-precious stone lapis lazuli was ground into an iridescent pigment, sometimes called ultramarine, that seemed to shine when applied to the canvas.
Russians Vote to Dress Up “David” Replica to Appease Local Prudes
St. Petersburg residents will vote on how to dress a replica statue of Michelangelo’s “David” that came to the city in May, following a complaint from a woman who said his nudity “spoils the city’s historic appearance and warps children’s souls.”