Da Vinci and Michelangelo go face to face in Rome

Italian Renaissance masters Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo come face to face for the first time with a new exhibition at Rome's Capitoline Museums focusing on both their drawings and Roman works.

Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo (picture shows his Capella Paolina painting) come face to face in Rome, the US dancer David Hallberg makes his stage debut at Russia's Bolshoi and African photography stars at the Paris Photo fair in European cultural events this month [Credit: AFP/VATICAN PRESS OFFICE]

The display, running until February 12, takes a leading place in a packed month of cultural activity across Europe in November.

More masterpieces by Michelangelo along with works by Raphael feature in an exhibition at the Fondazione Roma museum, exploring the 16th century's artistic course from High Renaissance to religious spirituality.

Leonardo da Vinci also has a second exhibition, in London, where a show at the National Gallery career focusses on his time as a court painter in Milan, working for the city's ruler Ludovico Maria Sforza, known as il Moro (the Moor) in the 1480s and 1490s.

Source: AFP [November 02, 2011]