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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Ignudo

🖼 Ignudo, 1511
Fresco
Vatican, Italy

Muscular male nudes frame the Sistine ceiling in dynamic poses, rendered with anatomical precision and classical idealism. These ignudi demonstrate Michelangelo's mastery of human form and influenced Renaissance art's celebration of the body as divine expression.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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