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Macchiaioli at the Caffè Michelangelo c. 1856. Caffè Michelangiolo was a historic café in Florence, located in Via Larga (now renamed Via Cavour). [1] During the nineteenth century Wars of Italian Independence, it became a major meeting place for Tuscan writers and artists, and for patriots and political exiles from other Italian states.
In 1992, Starhotels acquired the hotel for $42 million and renamed it The Michelangelo. [6] The Executive Plaza residential condominium portion of the building was listed in a 2015 New York Times article as having the highest proportion of non-primary residences of any building in Manhattan, at 74.4%. The building allows owners to rent out ...
The Museum of Salo is a museum dedicated to salo (cured pork fat) in Lviv, Ukraine by Liberty Avenue [], 6/8.It is associated with a restaurant, where the dishes are based on salo.
The square, dedicated to the Renaissance sculptor Michelangelo, has bronze copies of some of his marble works found elsewhere in Florence: [4] the David and the four allegories of the times of day at the Medici Chapel of San Lorenzo. [5] Poggi designed the loggia in the neoclassical-style that dominates the terrace. [6]
He opened Le Pavillon in 1941, [10] considered the most influential French restaurant in America in the 1940s and 1950s. [ 11 ] In his autobiography The Apprentice , [ 12 ] noted chef Jacques Pepin describes Soulé, whom he worked for at Le Pavilion, as being exploitative and abusive to his employees, including his then head chef Pierre Franey .
The Sistine Chapel ceiling (Italian: Soffitto della Cappella Sistina), painted in fresco by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, is a cornerstone work of High Renaissance art.
Importuno di Michelangelo: c. 1504 Palazzo Vecchio, Florence Pietraforte Rothschild Bronzes [6] 1506–1508 Fitzwilliam Museum: Bronze Male torso I (in Italian) c. 1513: Casa Buonarroti, Florence Terracotta height 23 cm Male torso II (in Italian) c. 1513: Casa Buonarroti, Florence Terracotta height 22,5 cm Naked woman scale model (in Italian)
The exact date of execution of the statue is unknown, but it is usually related to the project for the tomb of Julius II.It is thought to have been intended for one of the lower niches of one of the last projects for the tomb, perhaps that of 1532 for which the so-called Captives or "Provinces" now in the Galleria dell'Accademia of Florence may have also been made.