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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Drunkenness of Noah

🖼 Drunkenness of Noah, 1509
Fresco
170 × 260 cm
Vatican, Italy

Rendered in fresco on the Sistine Chapel ceiling, three muscular figures surround a naked, sprawled Noah in earthy browns and ochres. This scene pioneered the heroic male nude in Renaissance art, establishing visual language for depicting human vulnerability and divine consequence that influenced centuries of Western painting.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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