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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Battle

🖼 Battle, c. 1492
Marble
84.5 × 90.5 cm
Florence, Italy

Writhing bodies clash in explosive diagonal composition, rendered through dynamic pen strokes capturing violent motion and anatomical precision. This preparatory study for a lost fresco demonstrates Michelangelo's revolutionary approach to depicting human struggle, establishing the heroic figural language that would define Renaissance art.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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