Michelangelo's David Turns 500 and Still Turns On
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Most women would agree he has a very  nice rear end. Tall and handsome, he has the kind of Baywatch  muscles that would make many of both sexes drool.
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Historically speaking, the number 10 has always been revealing. From Moses and The Ten Commandments, to 1979's Bo Derek perfect 10 movie, to David Letterman's famous Top 10 lists, the number has symbolized a milestone.
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Italian Jews have a proud 2,000-year history. They were there when the Second Temple still stood and Rome ruled the Mediterranean.
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Michelangelo's famous statue of David could be enveloped in invisible jets of air to protect it from dust, officials say.
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It looks like a Countdown conundrum and has defied some of the greatest minds for 250 years. But ten letters - D OUOSVAVV M - etched on a tablet at a stately home could reveal where the legendary Holy Grail is buried.
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A 450-year-old receipt has provided proof that Michelangelo kept a private room in St. Peter's Basilica while working as the pope's chief architect, Vatican experts said.
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A Francis Bacon painting is expected to set a new record when it goes under the hammer next month.
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Many people say making wine is an  art and an Italian winery once owned by Michelangelo has  extended that notion right down to its labels.
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By Encarnacion Pyle, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 11--Anthony Basil always appreciated his wife's love of languages, but it wasn't until they planned a trip to Tuscany for their 40 th anniversary that he wanted to brush up on his Italian.
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Plus: At 80, fractal discoverer Benoit Mandelbrot says he has much math work left to do. [News.com Extra]
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L'ad Guido Damiani, lei e' l'icona della modernita'
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The virtuoso instrumentalist and sometime model known as âthe David Beckham of the classical violinâ couldnât have done more damage if he had kicked his Stradivarius past a goalkeeper. The musician, David Garrett, was leaving the Barbican Center in London after a concert at Christmastime when he fell down a flight of stairs and landed on his violin case. Inside was his 290-year-old Stradivarius, an instrument known as the San Lorenzo. Mr. Garrett, 26, who was 14 when he became the youngest artist ever signed by Deutsche Grammophon, opened the case. Inside, he told The Independent, the London newspaper: âThe violin was in pieces. I couldnât speak, and I couldnât get up. I didnât even know if I was hurt â I didnât care. Iâve had that violin for eight years. It was like losing a friend.â Repairs will take eight months and cost close to $120,000, and the violin may never sound the same. Mr. Garrett is scheduled to perform a Bruch violin concerto on Thursday night at the Barbican on a borrowed Stradivarius. A three-member security team will be helping him watch his step.
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The last two frescoes painted by the Renaissance master Michelangelo are to be restored, the Vatican says.
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Call it the Maximus factor. Archaeologists working at the site of an old Roman temple near Guy&#39;s hospital in London have uncovered a pot of cosmetic cream dating back to AD2.
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Yes! At least 57% of Italian women ages 20-60 are certain that "he cannot be totally unreal." Italian monthly magazine Per me (the title literally translates as "For me") has conducted a survey among its female ...
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The last two frescoes painted by  Renaissance master Michelangelo are to be restored to their  original brilliance, the director general of the Vatican  Museums said on Wednesday.
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Custodians of Michelangelo's David are thinking of blasting air at dusty, sweaty tourists to stop them sullying the Renaissance sex symbol.