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Florence Museum Won Suit Against Publisher That Used Michelangelo's David Image

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An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the...
An Italian court has ruled in favor of Florence’s Gallerie dell’Accademia in its lawsuit against the publishing house Edizioni Conde Nast, which used an image of Michelangelo’s David without permission. The publisher reportedly projected David’s face onto the head of a model for a picture that appeared on the cover ...

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The Camorra Never Sleeps (2012)

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The thing about being murdered, it usually comes as a surprise. Even in Naples, where the...
The thing about being murdered, it usually comes as a surprise. Even in Naples, where the criminal clans known collectively as the Camorra are again struggling violently for control of the streets, no victim wakes up expecting on that given day to die. He shaves carefully, dresses in his beloved clothes, slips on an...

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Why Were So Many Renaissance Portraits Multisided?

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The Renaissance portraits that adorn the walls of the world’s museums hold countless secrets: painted-over underdrawings,...
The Renaissance portraits that adorn the walls of the world’s museums hold countless secrets: painted-over underdrawings, hidden self-portraits, even a giant skull designed to remind viewers of their mortality. Now, a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City seeks to unmask yet another littl...

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Strike at the Knee: Review of the Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

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Ortona, Christmas Eve, 1943. A thriving Adriatic port only days previously, it now lay in ruins....
Ortona, Christmas Eve, 1943. A thriving Adriatic port only days previously, it now lay in ruins. The population of ten thousand was gone. In their place were two battalions of elite Fallschirmjäger – German paratroopers – defending what was left of the town, and the 1st Canadian Infantry Division, who were under or...

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The Friar Who Became the Vatican's Go-To Guy on A.I

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Florence Museum Won Suit Against Publisher That Used Michelangelo's David Image

The Camorra Never Sleeps (2012)

Why Were So Many Renaissance Portraits Multisided?

Strike at the Knee: Review of the Savage Storm: The Battle for Italy 1943

The Friar Who Became the Vatican's Go-To Guy on A.I