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...Glenn Kimble's remark about whooping cranes is applicable to Michelangelo's Pietà also. Both are great works of art -unique, irreplaceable...
...hapless Italian has been legally married to a hermaphrodite since 1936 because he cannot pay the fees -roughly $1,500-for the required medical examinations. Even with money, the process is by no means easy. Only an average 325 annulments are granted annually by Italian tribunals. Film Director Michelangelo Antonioni waited eight years for a decree. Producer Carlo Ponti gave up and became a French citizen to marry Sophia Loren...
...elaborate Neo-classic facade, the medallions of Michelangelo, Rafael, and Velasquez, show that the bourgeoisie needed very much to think that it was fulfilling the old humanist roles. They were unable to see how silly it was to build inhuman beehives at one end of the City at the same time that they were copying French palaces at the other end. Seen together, the Met and the skyscrapers show the perversely contorted development of the American city...
Despite recent efforts to limit attendance, the general audience still draws an average of 10,000 people to the regular Wednesday and occasional Saturday sessions. Hence a battle for position goes on. And it is difficult to appreciate the glory of Michelangelo and Bernini when some child is whacking your shins, a woman has her pocketbook jammed into your floating rib and half a dozen nuns are giving you the old high-low so the mother superior can better enjoy this supreme moment...
...Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes cover an area of about 8,000 sq. ft., while the painted surface of Agam's mural measures...