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Deeper meanings are to be found within the images themselves and the way they are painted.” His subject is the six scenes in the fresco Good and Bad Government by Ambrogio Lorenzetti (1290-1348), at ...

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Whenever former president Thabo Mbeki creates a platform to discuss the state of the country, Shwa gets nervous.

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Every first Sunday of the month, the châteaux of the Ile-de-France region open their doors free of charge. This Sunday, October 5, 2025, is a great opportunity to discover the region's heritage for ...

It was on November 1, 1512,  that public entry was first allowed in the Sistine Chapel. Built between 1473 and 1481, the chapel walls feature scenes from the lives of Moses and Jesus Christ, painted ...

Rebecca Jelbert’s new book claims Michelangelo may have forged the Vatican’s Laocoön Group, linking it to the Sistine Chapel.

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