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Widely Acclaimed Vatican Splendors Exhibition To Be On View At Museum Of Art | Fort Lauderdale From Jan. 29 - April 24, 2011

Presented by Holy Cross Hospital in Association with PNC Bank and AutoNation; Group and Single Tickets Now Available WHAT: Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, one of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican to ever tour North America, will be on view at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, from Jan. 29-April 24, 2011. ...
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Exhibition Gallery Layout and Artistic Highlights

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" "Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" features nearly 200 works of art and historically significant objects, many of which have never left the Vatican. Every object in the exhibition tells its own story, together forming a great mosaic of the history of the Church and its impact on western civilization's art, history and culture. The collections ...
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Vatican Splendors is coming to the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale Major Exhibition on View January 29 – April 24, 2011

Tickets now on sale at the Museum Box Office and online at ticketmaster.com as well as by phone at 1-877-2VATICAN (1-877-282-8422) Exhibition presented by Holy Cross Hospital in association with PNC Bank and AutoNation Fort Lauderdale, Fla. - One of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican ever to tour North America arrives at the Museum of Art I Fort ...
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Spokespersons

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" EXHIBITION CURATOR Monsignor Roberto Zagnoli is an Italian priest from Ravenna who has worked at the Vatican for fifteen years as Director of the Ethnological Department of the Vatican Museums. As Curator of the exhibition, Msgr. Zagnoli carefully selected objects from the participating Vatican agencies and organized them to tell the 2000-year history covered ...
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Photo Descriptions

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" Object Photos (Object photos credit: © Città del Vaticano unless otherwise noted) Reliquary of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Gold and silver metal Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, Vatican City State Cast of Pietà from Saint Peter's Basilica Michelangelo Buonarroti Cast 1975 from 1930 copy from original ...
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Photo Sheet

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" Object Photos (Object photos credit: © Città del Vaticano unless otherwise noted) Reliquary of Saint Peter and Saint Paul Cast of Pietà from Saint Peter's Basilica The Holy Family with Two Angels Peter Saved from the Water Madonna del Sassoferrato Statue of Saint Paul Two Angels ...
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Associate Sponsor - PNC Bank

PNC is a diversified financial institution, which includes a regional banking franchise operating primarily in 15 states and the District of Columbia, specialized financial businesses serving companies and government entities, and leading asset management and fund processing businesses.
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Presenting Sponsor - Holy Cross Hospital

Since 1955, the 571-bed hospital has offered progressive services and programs to meet the evolving healthcare needs of South Florida. Today, Holy Cross has more than 600 physicians on staff representing more than 40 specialties and more than 2,800 Associates.
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Lending Institutions

Many of the works and documents exhibited in “Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art” have never been on public display or previously left the Vatican. Therefore, this exhibition has provided an occasion for undertaking a careful restoration and conservation process that will preserve these objects for future generations.
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Associate Sponsor - AutoNation

Mr. Mike Jackson, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer AutoNation Inc., headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, is America's largest automotive retailer. AutoNation employs approximately 17,000 people at 204 dealership locations representing 249 franchises today and was named 2007 America's Most Admired Automotive Retailer by FORTUNE MAGAZINE for the fifth time in the last seven years. AutoNation is a member of the S&P 500.  ...
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" What is the Vatican? The Vatican is an independent state located inside the city of Rome covering an area of .17 square miles. It is the home of Pope Benedict XVI, the current head of the Catholic Church worldwide. The Roman Pontiff, who resides at the Vatican, as the successor of Peter, is the perpetual and visible principle and foundation of unity of both the ...
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Exhibition Glossary

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" Alb A white linen vestment with close fitting sleeves, reaching nearly to the ground and secured round the waist by a girdle (cincture). Antependium A hanging suspended over and in front of the altar. Apse The semicircular or polygonal termination to the choir or aisles of a church. Baldachin A dome-like canopy in wood, stone, ...
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Parish Advantage Program Offers $2 Discount Per Ticket for Vatican Splendors

Religious organizations of any denomination that register with the Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art Parish Advantage program can give their members the benefit of $2 off each ticket for admission to the major exhibition on view at the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University from Jan. 29-April 24, 2011. Tickets go on sale Friday, Nov. 19.
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Great Holiday Gifts: $20 Gift Certificates for Admission to Vatican Splendors

Those looking for the perfect, unique holiday gift can give the experience of the Vatican – that is, the major exhibition Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art on view at the Museum of Art I Fort Lauderdale - Nova Southeastern University from Jan. 29-April 24, 2011. On Nov. 19, $20 gift certificates providing one admission to Vatican Splendors will go on sale at the Museum Box Office.
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VATICAN SPLENDORS EXHIBITION TO BE ON VIEW AT MUSEUM OF ART | FORT LAUDERDALE FROM JAN. 29-APRIL 24, 2011

Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, one of the largest collections of art, documents and historically significant objects from the Vatican to ever tour North America, will be on view at the Museum of Art | Fort Lauderdale, Nova Southeastern University, from Jan. 29-April 24, 2011. Group tickets (for groups of 15 or more) are now available for purchase; single tickets will go on sale Nov. 19. The renowned exhibition is presented ...
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Pittsburgh Fact Sheet - Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art

WHAT: The Senator John Heinz History Center will host Vatican Splendors: A Journey Through Faith and Art, a 10,000 square-foot exhibition presenting unique objects illustrating 2,000 years of art, history, and culture. The History Center is one of only three venues in North America to host this extraordinary exhibit, which is one of the largest Vatican collections ever to tour North America. Vatican Splendors features more than 270 ...
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More Than 70 Religious Artifacts from Pittsburgh Region Added to History Center’s Upcoming Vatican Splendors Exhibition

Western Pennsylvania section features unique objects from churches and archives throughout the Diocese of Pittsburgh and the region PITTSBURGH, AUG. 16, 2010 - The Senator John Heinz History Center will host a special collection of Western Pennsylvania artifacts as a part of the upcoming Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art exhibition. History Center curators have identified more than 70 local religious artifacts ...
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Heinz History Center to Host Vatican Splendors Exhibition This Fall

--Exhibit is One of the Largest Collections of Vatican Art and Historical Objects Ever Viewed in North America-- PITTSBURGH, June 14, 2010 - One of the largest Vatican collections to ever tour North America is coming to Pittsburgh this fall. On Oct. 2, the Senator John Heinz History Center will host Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art, a 10,000 square-foot exhibition presenting unique objects ...
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Exhibition Gallery Layout and Artistic Highlights

"Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" "Vatican Splendors: A Journey through Faith and Art" features approximately 200 works of art and historically significant objects, many of which have never left the Vatican. Every object in the exhibition tells its own story, together forming a great mosaic of the history of the Church and its impact on western civilization's art, history and culture. ...
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