Exhibition at Capitoline Museums in Rome Lauds Michelangelo as a "Universal Artist"

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People visit an exhibition dedicated to Michelangelo at the Capitoline Museum in Rome on May 27, 2014 as part of the celebration of the 450th anniversary of the death of the Italian artist Michelangelo Buonarroti. The exhibiton is held from May 27 to September 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO / ALBERTO PIZZOLI.

ITALY---The exhibition Michelangelo. Incontrare un artista universale, covering the life and work of this colossus for all times, is to be held at the Musei Capitolini on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of the death of Michelangelo Buonarroti in Rome on 18 February 1564. In the heart of the city, in that very Piazza del Campidoglio which the genius of Michelangelo made unique in the world, over one hundred and fifty works, of which around seventy by the Tuscan artist, from many of the leading cultural institutions in Italy and elsewhere, are to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the death of an artist who was so magnificent as to have a lasting influence not only on the arts in Italy but also on all universally known culture. [link]