In Florence, learning the secrets of Tuscan food

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Michelangelo and That Ceiling

Michelangelo rather famously despised painting the Sistine Chapel.

It took him four years to complete (1508 to 1512) and nearly broke his spirit in the process. “I am not in the right place,” he wrote in the last line of a sonnet to his friend Giovanni da Pistoia after a year of work. “I am not a painter.”

Many of those who have viewed that ceiling or other of his paintings would disagree. What he endured to complete it took a lot out of him. Michelangelo is said to have suffered from an enlarged thyroid, cramped thighs, a tight chest, and a knotted spine while creating this revered masterpiece.

In that same poem, he described the project as “torture” and noted, “My brush / above me all the time, dribbles paint / so my face makes a fine floor for droppings!”

He had created a scaffolding system so he could paint the ceiling while standing. That helped, but didn’t take away what he considered to be torture.

The Sistine Chapel is more than 5,000 square feet. He realized that it was much more than he expected, and he considered himself to be a sculptor above all else.

And yet, he also painted The Last Judgement, which was an addition to the Sistine Chapel that Michelangelo began working on a quarter-century later. This painting depicts the second coming of Christ and God’s final judgment of all humanity. Pope Paul III charged Michelangelo with repainting the chapel’s altar wall with this scene.

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It’s also believed that Michelangelo included a self-portrait in the guise of St. Bartholomew, a martyred saint who was flayed (skinned alive). I don’t see it, but it is said that Michelangelo is portrayed as Bartholomew’s skin, which the saint holds in his left hand as he ascends to heaven. (see below) It has been interpreted as him comparing his own agony to that of a martyr, though some critics say he just wanted a self-portrait as a personal flourish.

Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was born in 1475. By the turn of the 16th century, he was already an acclaimed artist, having achieved a significant amount of fame through important church commissions

Michelangelo is, above all, one of the greatest sculptors in Western art. Unlike his relatively small number of paintings, his sculptures are numerous and foundational.

His most important and well-known works include the Pietà located in St. Peter’s Basilica, which shows the Virgin Mary holding the dead Christ. It’s remarkable for its serenity, balance, and incredibly polished marble surface. Michelangelo was only in his early 20s when he finished it.

David is perhaps his most famous sculpture, housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia. Unlike earlier versions, David is shown before battle, tense and alert. It embodies Renaissance ideals of human beauty and strength.

He also sculpted Moses for the tomb of Pope Julius II, now in San Pietro in Vincoli.
His Dying Slave and Rebellious Slave depicts these figures so that they seem to struggle to free themselves from the stone. It’s an example of Michelangelo’s idea that figures are “trapped” within marble. He said of one sculpture, “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”

In the Medici Chapel at San Lorenzo, he did four sculptures depicting Night, Day, Dawn, and Dusk.

Today's pick: The Prophet Daniel (1508-1512) - Michelangelo Buonarroti. #art #Michelangelo #Daniel #SistineChapelCeiling

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Today's pick: The Prophet Jeremiah (1508-1512) - Michelangelo Buonarroti. #art #Michelangelo #Prophets #SistineChapelCeiling

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Il Fatto Quotidiano: Mauro Corona si collega in diretta da una stalla, beve del latte e lo sputa: “C’era dentro una formica”. Il video virale

Mauro Corona occupa ancora la scena e a “È sempre Cartabianca“, il talk show del martedì sera in onda su Rete 4, è protagonista dell’ennesimo fuoriprogramma. “Beve latte? E che è successo?”, chiede Berlinguer all’alpinista che prima di replicare beve un sorso di latte dal bicchiere per poi sputarlo subito dopo. “Beh, vabbè ma le sembra una scena da fare questa in televisione?”, lo richiama la conduttrice. “Eh c’era dentro una formica, ora lo bevo sul serio“, la replica di Corona.
Per alcuni un piccolo incidente televisivo, per altri una gag ben orchestrata. Come avvenuto già la scorsa settimana, lo scrittore si è collegato dalla stalla dell’agriturismo dell’amico Michelangelo: “Siccome non ha più vino a causa del dazi mi ha costretto a bere latte munto dalle sue mucche”, aveva spiegato così a Bianchina, come la chiama Corona, l’assenza del bicchiere di vino che lo accompagna durante le dirette tv.

“C’era una formica…” ????????????
da #esemprecartabianca – Rete 4, 14 aprile 2026 pic.twitter.com/bzoysKQlup
— LALLERO (@see_lallero) April 14, 2026

“A me generalmente non piace tanto il latte. La colazione non l’ho mai fatta, bevo un paio di caffè magari, uno alle cinque e mezza. Un altro al bar, io amo la caffeina. Da una settimana sono andato per le montagne per fare scii, è una meraviglia. Sono in un agriturismo e sto cercando di bere latte perché in Trentino, mi dicevano qui, i produttori di latte sono penalizzati perché pare convenga comprarlo all’estero a meno prezzo”, le parole di Corona che nel suo spazio commenta le difficoltà economiche degli italiani, dal caro-carburante fino ai bombardamenti contro il Libano alla gestione della guerra da parte di Donald Trump. “Vorrei che la politica si occupasse di vendere e far conoscere i nostri prodotti. Perché dobbiamo prenderli da fuori? L’ossatura è fatta di queste piccole aziende e quindi le multinazionali mettiamole da parte, diamo più coraggio alle piccole realtà che tengono in piedi l’ossatura dell’Italia”, conclude lo scrittore.
L'articolo Mauro Corona si collega in diretta da una stalla, beve del latte e lo sputa: “C’era dentro una formica”. Il video virale proviene da Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Mauro Corona goes live from a stable, drinks milk and spits it out: “There was a ant in it.” The viral video.

Mauro Corona is still a force to be reckoned with, and is the star of yet another off-the-script moment on “È sempre Cartabianca,” the talk show on Rete 4 on Tuesday evenings. “Does he drink milk? And what happened?” Berlinguer asks the mountaineer who, before replying, takes a sip of milk from a glass and then spits it out immediately. “Well, come on, does she think this is a scene for television?” the host chides him. “Well, there was an ant in it, now I’ll drink it seriously,” Corona retorts.

For some, it’s a minor television incident; for others, a well-orchestrated gag. As happened last week, the writer connected from the stable of his friend Michelangelo: “Because he’s run out of wine due to tariffs, he forced me to drink milk from his cows,” he explained to Bianchina (as Corona calls her), the absence of the wine glass that accompanies him during television broadcasts.

“There was an ant…” ????????????
from #esemprecartabianca – Rete 4, April 14, 2026 pic.twitter.com/bzoysKQlup
— LALLERO (@see_lallero) April 14, 2026

“I don’t generally like milk very much. I’ve never had breakfast; I drink a couple of coffees, maybe one at 5:30. Another one at the bar, I love caffeine. For a week I’ve been in the mountains skiing; it’s wonderful. I’m in an agriturismo and I’m trying to drink milk because, they told me here in Trentino, dairy producers are penalized because it apparently pays less to buy it abroad. “ Corona’s words as he comments in his space on the economic difficulties faced by Italians, from the rising cost of fuel to the bombings against Lebanon and the handling of the war by Donald Trump. “I wish politics would focus on selling and promoting our products. Why do we have to buy them from abroad? The foundation is made up of these small businesses, so let’s put the multinationals aside, let’s give more courage to small realities that hold up the framework of Italy,” the writer concludes.

#MauroCorona #Berlinguer #Corona #Michelangelo #Bianchina #@see_lallero #Trentino #Italians #Lebanon #DonaldTrump #Italy

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