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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: The Persian Sibyl

🖼 The Persian Sibyl, 1511
Fresco
400 × 380 cm
Vatican, Italy

Rendered in fresco, this turbaned figure twists dynamically, her muscular form modeling classical contrapposto against the chapel vault. The Persian Sibyl exemplifies Michelangelo's synthesis of Renaissance humanism with biblical prophecy, asserting non-Western wisdom within Christian theology.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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