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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants

🖼 Creation of the Sun, Moon, and Plants, 1511
Fresco
280 × 570 cm
Vatican, Italy

Rendered in bold foreshortening, God sweeps across the vault with commanding gestures, summoning celestial bodies into existence through dynamic diagonal composition. This Sistine Chapel fresco epitomizes Renaissance mastery of human anatomy and divine power, establishing Michelangelo's revolutionary approach to religious narrative painting.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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