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Donatello’s outstanding virtuosity shows both his devotion and his playfulness

February 13, 2023

Visitors to the V&A’s Donatello: Sculpting the Renaissance are greeted by a young David standing proudly with the head of Goliath at his feet. As a symbol of the city of Florence and commissioned originally for the Cathedral – only to be quickly repurposed as a civic emblem for the Palazzo della Signoria – the statue perfectly introduces us to Donatello placed at the heart of Florentine self-image.

A day-tripper’s guide to London’s church art

September 24, 2015

A tour of the capital’s Catholic churches from an art-historical viewpoint is well worth the Tube fare

Vatican receives ransom demand for stolen Michelangelo documents

March 09, 2015

Cardinal Angelo Comastri received the demand of €100,000 for the return of the Renaissance-era documents

How Franciscan is Pope Francis?

August 07, 2014

What perhaps we are not seeing from this Pope is the mystical and ecstatic characteristics of St Francis

Channel Four’s latest documentary on the Vatican presents the Church as the scarlet woman of ancient propaganda

March 26, 2014

Secrets of the Vatican asks some worthy questions but makes sweeping statements at points