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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Ignudo

🖼 Ignudo, 1511
Fresco
Vatican, Italy

Muscular youths in contrapposto pose frame the Sistine Chapel ceiling, rendered with anatomical precision and dynamic tension. These ignudi showcase Michelangelo's mastery of human form and establish the Renaissance ideal of heroic masculinity that influenced centuries of art.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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