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Filippo Giuseppe Maria Ludovico Buonarroti, more usually referred to under the French version Philippe Buonarroti (11 November 1761 – 16 September 1837), was an Italian utopian socialist, writer, agitator, freemason, and conspirator; he was active in Corsica, France, and Geneva. His History of Babeuf’s Conspiracy of Equals (1828) became a ...
The Uffizi Gallery (UK: / juːˈfɪtsi, ʊˈfiːtsi / yoo-FIT-see, uu-FEET-see; [ 2 ][ 3 ] Italian: Galleria degli Uffizi, pronounced [ɡalleˈriːa deʎʎ ufˈfittsi]) is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian ...
The book was Buonarroti's final publication before his death and was remarkable in its time for its positive view of Robespierre's actions. Buonarroti went so far as to characterize Robespierre as next in a long line of heroic succession that included historical and legendary figures such as Moses, Pythagoras, Jesus Christ, and Mohammed. In ...
Casa Buonarroti, Florence: Clay height 41 cm The Genius of Victory: c. 1532–1534 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence: Marble height 261 cm Rachel: 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Marble height 209 cm Leah: 1545 San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome Marble height 197 cm Tomb of Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (in Italian), Night and Day: c. 1526 – 1534
Casa Buonarroti is a museum in Florence, Italy that is situated on property owned by the sculptor Michelangelo that he left to his nephew, Leonardo Buonarroti. The complex of buildings was converted into a museum dedicated to the artist by his great nephew, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger. Its collections include two of Michelangelo's ...
David. (Michelangelo) David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1][2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo. With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.
Tommaso dei Cavalieri (c. 1509 —1587) was an Italian nobleman, who was the object of the greatest expression of Michelangelo 's love. [3][4] Michelangelo was 57 years old when he met Cavalieri in 1532. The young noble was exceptionally handsome, and his appearance seems to have fit the artist's notions of ideal masculine beauty, for ...
The World's 50 Best Restaurants. The World's 50 Best Restaurants is a list produced by the UK media company William Reed, which originally appeared in the British magazine Restaurant in 2002. The list and awards are no longer directly related to Restaurant, though they are owned by the same media company. [1][2]