New York Press Conference -- Friday, 11 AM

Contact: Anna Maria De Medici, Italian American Network, 212-780-7526, itamnet@aol.com; Dr. Angelo Boccardelli is available in New York through Wednesday, March 21.

NEW YORK, Mar. 14 /Christian Newswire/ -- A Crucifix by Michelangelo led renaissance scholar Angelo Boccardelli to a "Michelangelo Code" hidden in one of Michelangelo's sculptures.

Press Conference Details---

When: Friday, March 16, 11 AM

Where: Italian American Museum, 28 West 44th Street, 17th Floor, New York

Who: Influential Italian artist and historian, Dr. Angelo Boccardelli, President of Fondazione Giacomo Maria Ugolini-Ambasciatore

Why: Boccardelli will demonstrate with this code and a new way to read the work of Michelangelo.

"Unlike the fictional The Da Vinci Code, this discovery of a code in Michelangelo's work gives us new historical truth about Michelangelo and his relationship to Christ, and the Church. My research opens the door to a new understanding of Michelangelo and other great masters," says Dr. Boccardelli.

Background: Angelo Boccardelli hosts art seminars at his foundation, for groups of international art lovers in Monteporzio Catone, just 20 minutes outside Rome.