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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: The Fall of Phaethon

🖼 The Fall of Phaethon, c. 1533
Black chalk
413 × 234 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Plummeting bodies twist through turbulent sky as horses rear in panic, rendered in dynamic charcoal strokes capturing violent motion. Michelangelo's mythological study demonstrates his mastery of human anatomy in extreme action, influencing Mannerist artists' dramatization of classical narratives.

Michelangelo
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