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US School Invited To See Italy's David Statue After Principal Forced To Resign Over "Porn" Complaints
The Italian museum which houses Michelangelo's David Sculpture has invited parents and board members of a US school to visit after the principal was forced to resign following complaints that students were shown "pornographic" material.
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US Principal Forced To Resign After Failing To Notify Parents About Lesson On Michelangelo's Statue
A school principal in the United States was forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art which included Michelangelo's "David" sculpture.
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Rediscovered 15th Century Michelangelo Sketch Sells For 23 Million Euros
A recently rediscovered sketch by Michelangelo, the artist's first known nude, sold at auction at Christie's in Paris on Wednesday for 23 million euros ($24 million), a record for one of the Italian master's drawings.
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Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci's Mother? This Researcher Knows
An art historian at Britain's Oxford University has claimed that the full name of Leonardo da Vinci's mother was Caterina di Meo Lippi. Professor Martin Kemp said Caterina was a poor peasant, probably an orphan, living with her grandmother in a decrepit farmhouse about a mile from Vinci in the Italian Tuscan hills.
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Save Over Rs. 14,000 With Tomb Raider, Hitman, Calcbot and More App Deals This Week
This week's best app deals include some great games from Square Enix apart from useful apps.
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Michelangelo's Last Surviving Bronzes 'Identified in Britain'
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers said on Monday.
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Vatican's Sistine Chapel Dazzles After Technological Makeover
High above the altar in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the halo around Jesus Christ's head in Michelangelo's famous frescoes shines with a brighter glow, thanks to a revolutionary new lighting system.
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Michael Jackson wanted to achieve movie stardom, reveals secret diary
Michael Jackson wanted to achieve movie stardom in a bid to immortalise his fame, according to a secret diary that he kept before his death.
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Sistine Chapel's doors swing shut: conclave to elect new pope begins
Cardinals began a conclave under Michelangelo's famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, with the odds favouring another Western conservative as pope.
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In Vatican, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpieces frame papal vote
Cardinals voting to elect a new pope this week will take inspiration from some of the world's greatest and most famous works of art in the 500-year-old Sistine Chapel.
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Cardinals head to conclave, Church beset by woes
Roman Catholic cardinals gather under the gaze of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" on Tuesday to elect a new pope to tackle the daunting problems facing the 1.2-billion-member Church.
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US School Invited To See Italy's David Statue After Principal Forced To Resign Over "Porn" Complaints
The Italian museum which houses Michelangelo's David Sculpture has invited parents and board members of a US school to visit after the principal was forced to resign following complaints that students were shown "pornographic" material.
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US Principal Forced To Resign After Failing To Notify Parents About Lesson On Michelangelo's Statue
A school principal in the United States was forced to resign after a parent complained that sixth-grade students were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art which included Michelangelo's "David" sculpture.
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Rediscovered 15th Century Michelangelo Sketch Sells For 23 Million Euros
A recently rediscovered sketch by Michelangelo, the artist's first known nude, sold at auction at Christie's in Paris on Wednesday for 23 million euros ($24 million), a record for one of the Italian master's drawings.
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Who Was Leonardo Da Vinci's Mother? This Researcher Knows
An art historian at Britain's Oxford University has claimed that the full name of Leonardo da Vinci's mother was Caterina di Meo Lippi. Professor Martin Kemp said Caterina was a poor peasant, probably an orphan, living with her grandmother in a decrepit farmhouse about a mile from Vinci in the Italian Tuscan hills.
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Save Over Rs. 14,000 With Tomb Raider, Hitman, Calcbot and More App Deals This Week
This week's best app deals include some great games from Square Enix apart from useful apps.
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Michelangelo's Last Surviving Bronzes 'Identified in Britain'
The only two surviving bronzes by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo are thought to have been identified with the help of a tiny clue in a 500-year-old sketch, British researchers said on Monday.
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Vatican's Sistine Chapel Dazzles After Technological Makeover
High above the altar in the Vatican's Sistine Chapel, the halo around Jesus Christ's head in Michelangelo's famous frescoes shines with a brighter glow, thanks to a revolutionary new lighting system.
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Michael Jackson wanted to achieve movie stardom, reveals secret diary
Michael Jackson wanted to achieve movie stardom in a bid to immortalise his fame, according to a secret diary that he kept before his death.
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Sistine Chapel's doors swing shut: conclave to elect new pope begins
Cardinals began a conclave under Michelangelo's famous frescoes in the Sistine Chapel on Tuesday to elect a successor to Benedict XVI, with the odds favouring another Western conservative as pope.
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In Vatican, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel masterpieces frame papal vote
Cardinals voting to elect a new pope this week will take inspiration from some of the world's greatest and most famous works of art in the 500-year-old Sistine Chapel.
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Cardinals head to conclave, Church beset by woes
Roman Catholic cardinals gather under the gaze of Michelangelo's "Last Judgment" on Tuesday to elect a new pope to tackle the daunting problems facing the 1.2-billion-member Church.
