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See the Vatican's Magnificent Marble Statue of the Greek God Apollo Restored to Its Former Glory
It has been at the Vatican since the early 1500s, when Pope Julius II decided to bring the sculpture to the holy ... represents the highest ideal of art,” Johann Winckelmann, the famous 18th ...
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Michelangelo: the Renaissance polymath who transformed Western art
Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...
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Suspect detained after works damaged at Vatican altar
Security staff at the Vatican have apprehended a man after he jumped on to the main altar in St Peter’s Basilica and damaged ...
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Vandals behead sculpture of Virgin Mary giving birth to Jesus in cathedral
The sculpture had been on view at the St. Mary Cathedral, Austria's largest, as part of an art installation project ... act of vandalism during the Vatican’s 2019 Amazon synod, said in a social ...
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Why Cardinal Czerny and sculptor Timothy Schmalz brought ‘Angels Unawares’ to the Vatican
Schmalz on Thursday in Rome spoke about evangelization through art as part of festivities linked ... Czerny, prefect of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, said ...