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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: David and Goliath

🖼 David and Goliath, 1509
Fresco
570 × 970 cm
Vatican, Italy

Muscular tension radiates through David's contrapposto stance as he confronts the giant Goliath, rendered in bold foreshortening and anatomical precision. This ceiling fresco epitomizes Renaissance humanism, celebrating human potential and divine intervention through heroic scale and masterful technique.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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