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Meet the Robot that Carves Marble Sculptures Just Like Michelangelo

Around 500 years ago, Michelangelo redefined sculpting, setting a new standard among artists and sculptors. His statues are a marvelous statement of innovation, courage, and reinvention. Today, 500 years later, Giacomo Massari hopes to revolutionize how we view and make art. Massari and his team have developed a robot that can replicate the works of ...

Nathan Machoka

Robotor carving a sculpture.

Michelangelo and His Beliefs: How Spirituality Influenced His Art

Michelangelo played a massive part in Renaissance art and was even compared to other greats like Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael. If this sounds like the Ninja Turtles, this is because the popular cartoon was also heavily influenced by these Renaissance artists, even naming the turtles after them. An artist’s belief often significantly impacts the ...

Mike West

Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel (detail on ceiling).

How Michelangelo’s Forgery Propelled His Career to New Heights

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, famously known as Michelangelo, is a towering figure in art history. He profoundly impacted the Renaissance as a sculptor, painter, architect, and poet.  But he wasn’t always famous. One story tells us how Michelangelo made a Roman antiquity forgery so good that it propelled him to fame. A young struggling ...

Nathan Machoka

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni

The Interpretation Behind Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam’

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo remains one of the most famous paintings on earth. Find out the interpretation behind one of the most pristine works of art. The Creation of Adam has often been equated to the significance of consciousness, but its multiple interpretations tell other stories. With many interpretations, it’s essential to understand ...

Mike West

'The Craetion of Adam.'

Great Artworks in History: Michelangelo’s ‘Creation of Adam’

One of Michelangelo’s greatest works, The Creation of Adam, is a fresco that forms a part of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling illustrating the Biblical story of creation from the Book of Genesis where God breathes life into the first man, Adam. While it might only be a small part of the Sistine Chapel ceiling, something ...

Haidene Go

Cropped view of a portion of the Sistine Chapel showing Michelangelo's fresco, 'The Creation of Adam.'

The Largest Statues in the World Are Mostly Religious Ones

There are many ways to express yourself through art and one of these is through eye-catching and aesthetic sculptures. Did you know that the largest statues in the world are based on religious themes and consist of deities, apostles, and holy figures? Some such sculptures carved out of stone and metal remain as memorable and ...

Armin Auctor

Statue of Christ the Redeemer overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Divinely Inspired ‘Michelangelo’: A Song by Katy Mantyk

Michelangelo is the fourth offering from Katy Mantyk’s upcoming debut EP From Dust to Gold, a song that pays homage to the great artist Michelangelo and draws parallels to the Divine Creator in how he transforms us. Observations from the song The song starts with some piano chords and notes that are gently played with ...

Jessica Kneipp

Katy Mantyk singer-songwriter by a river in the fall.

When Facing Adversity, if You Do Your Best, You Thrive

One way or another, at some time or another and at the worst possible time, adversity will show up at your door. Depending on the way you handle it, whether it is physical, spiritual, or emotional, adversity can be your friend or foe. Facing adversity can make you or break you. “If a man is ...

Tatiana Denning

A plant growing amoung rocks.

Movie Review: ‘The Agony and The Ecstasy’

The Agony and The Ecstasy is a 1965 film directed by Carol Reed. Starring actor Charlton Heston in the lead role, the movie portrays the conflict between renaissance painter Michelangelo (played by Heston) and Pope Julius II during the period the artist was engaged in painting the Sistine Chapel. The plot of ‘The Agony and ...

Jessica Kneipp

Michelangelo's painting in the Sistine Chapel (detail on ceiling).

A Secret Room in Florence Hosts Artwork of Michelangelo Seen by Few

Could there be anything new from the famous artist and sculptor Michelangelo? In 1975, the museum director of the Medici Chapels in Florence was looking for a new way for tourists to exit the building when he came across an unexplored room. It was filled with coal and was thought to be like any of ...

Jessica Kneipp

The Medici Chapel in Florence.