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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Crucifix

🖼 Crucifix, 1492
Polychrome wood
142 × 135 cm
Florence, Italy

Rendered in wood, Christ's body twists in anguished contortion, muscles tensed beneath pale skin against dark shadow. Michelangelo's early masterpiece revolutionized crucifixion imagery by depicting raw human suffering rather than divine serenity, influencing Renaissance spiritual art profoundly.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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