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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Dusk and Dawn

🖼 Dusk and Dawn, 1524-31
Marble
Florence, Italy

Muscular figures recline in languid poses, their bodies rendered with anatomical precision in marble. These allegorical sculptures embodied Renaissance ideals of human perfection and temporal cycles, profoundly influencing Western art's treatment of the male form.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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