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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Salmon – Boaz – Obed

🖼 Salmon – Boaz – Obed, 1511-12
Fresco
215 × 430 cm
Vatican, Italy

Three genealogical figures rendered in fresco showcase muscular bodies and dramatic foreshortening across the Sistine Chapel ceiling. This ancestral lineage of Christ demonstrates Michelangelo's mastery of human anatomy and his revolutionary approach to religious narrative through monumental Renaissance forms.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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