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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Nude Man Turned to the Right

🖼 Nude Man Turned to the Right, 1510-11
Chalk
250 × 96 cm
Paris, France

Musculature rendered with anatomical precision dominates this life study, the figure's contrapposto pose suggesting movement frozen mid-turn. Michelangelo's obsessive study of the human form elevated drawing to high art, establishing the male nude as Renaissance mastery.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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