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Michelangelo’s famous sculpture of Moses (1515) in San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome is in some ways unique in that it harkens back to an anachronistic depiction of the great leader with horns.
After five years of restoration, Michelangelo's nearly 500-year-old sculpture of Moses is looking as good as new.
After five years of restoration, Michelangelo's almost 500-year-old sculpture of Moses is looking as good as new. "The Moses encapsulates Michelangelo's real courage and passion.
Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict ...
The similarly colossal Moses, carved right after Michelangelo finished the Sistine ceiling in 1515, is perhaps the most awesome vision of the prophet ever conceived.
After five years of restoration, Michelangelo's nearly 500-year-old sculpture of Moses is looking as good as new. Restorers in the Italian capital have been quietly working away on the majestic ...
Art historians investigate strange inconsistencies in Michelangelo's famous Moses More than 500 ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church, commissioned to create many of ...
An unprecedented high-tech restoration of Moses, one of Michelangelo's greatest sculptures, began yesterday with millions of people around the world able to follow every minute live over the Internet.
Spiritual highs are only temporary. In 1515, Michelangelo completed a marble sculpture of an old but muscular Moses with the Ten Commandments under his arm. Tourists are often shocked to see what ...