College ends partnership with school over the David issue
A Michigan college will no longer partner with a Florida charter school after the school's principal resigned due to complaints sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a Renaissance art lesson that included Michelangeloโs David sculpture.
Heat wave edges higher in southern Europe, fuels wildfires
Intense heat baking Italy is creeping northward towards the popular tourist destination of Florence while wildfires charred the countryโs south, and Spain appears headed for an all-time record high temperature as a heat wave keeps southern Europe in a fiery hold.
Restorers uncover new details in a Michelangelo Pieta
A restorer works on one of Michelangelo's Pieta sculpture in Florence, Italy, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. A restoration of one of Michelangelos Pieta sculptures has uncovered previously unknown details, including the artists tool marks, that had been hidden under centuries of dust and wax. Michelangelo carved the Bandini Pieta between 1547-1555, when he was nearly 80. Michelangelo carved the Bandini Pieta between 1547-1555, when he was nearly 80. Itโs the third known Pieta by the Renaissance master.
No crowds delight art lovers in Italy at re-opened museums
The Uffizi museum reopened to the public after over two months of closure due to coronavirus restrictions. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)FLORENCE The Uffizi Galleries, the most-visited museum in Italy, is open after three months of COVID-19 lockdown, delighting art lovers who dont have to jostle with throngs of tourists thanks to new social distancing rules. Without being surrounded by rushing crowds, art lovers can better feel these emotions that these works of art always transmit," he said. Visitors to the highly popular Vatican Museums, which reopened two days earlier after lockdown, similarly could appreciate opportunities rarely available in the past. Instead, rank-and-file art lovers who visited the rooms of the Vatican decorated by Raphael, one of the highlights of the Museums tour before they reach the Sistine Chapel, can now admire the feminine figures.
In an especially active hurricane season, could we run out of names?
After all the years of recorded named storms, one has to wonder: What happens when we run out of names? The World Meteorological Organization came up with a six-year rotating list of names for hurricanes, Gross said. Now we arrive at our initial question: What happens when we run out of names? So, lets say we have a storm named Walter. The first and last instance in which the Greek alphabet was needed was in 2005, during the busiest hurricane season on record, when there were 28 named storms.