Francesco Scianna-Fashion & Design Lab Magazine
This article has been translated form Italian to English.
From 10 November 2010 to January 10, 2011 in Florence in the Casa Buonarroti museum will be exhibited eleven bronze replicas made with the casts taken from the original marble sculpture by Michelangelo. This exhibition will launch the “Michelangelo Experience Tour” designed by David Newren of New Renaissance Art in collaboration with the Casa Buonarroti and the Ferdinando Marinelli Artistic Foundry.
The purpose of the tour is to celebrate the beauty, genius and inspiration of the works of Michelangelo and to acquaint the general public his unparalleled artistry, sharing the artistic heritage of Italy with that part of the world will never have the opportunity to see the original works in Italy.
You will in this way the opportunity to see live a unique collection of sculptures by Michelangelo, the only of its kind the world has ever seen.
Watch one by one every work of Michelangelo makes us understand the depth of the Master, for which we can imagine their strength and inspiration if they were never together in one collection in one place.
This exhibition, “The Michelangelo Experience Tour”, does just that, putting together many of the most famous works of Michelangelo, who throughout his career, the Madonna of the Stairs, who created just fifteen, who sculpted the The Rondanini Pieta in his extreme old age , while he was approaching his death in 1564 when the artist was now 89 years.
After the exhibition in the Casa Buonarroti, the tour will move to the United States, Mexico and some Asian countries. The exhibition is accompanied by a booklet that also give notice of the original Michelangelo’s marble, and is thus a valuable opportunity to visit the rooms of the Casa Buonarroti.