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November 28, 2016
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Galleria dell’Accademia – Part 4 – Other Works
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This final post from the Accademia Galleria will show other works not yet covered. The first was an unexpected find, another of Michelangelo’s Pietas. Apparently he sculpted several of these with the most famous housed in St. Peter’s basilica in…
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November 26, 2016
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Galleria dell’Accademia – Part 2 – David
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At the end of the second gallery stands the statue that everyone wants to see, Michelangelo’s David. Michelangelo was only 26 years old in 1501 when he began his work on David. He was asked to sculpt a large-scale David…
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November 25, 2016
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Florence – Galleria dell’Accademia – Part 1
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The Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze (Gallery of the Academy of Florence) is an art museum in Florence, Italy, and the home of Michelangelo’s sculpture David and many other wonderful pieces. When we walked into the first gallery, the first thing…
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