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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Isaiah

🖼 Isaiah, 1509
Fresco
365 × 380 cm
Vatican, Italy

Powerful musculature and twisted contrapposto define this prophet, rendered in fresco across the Sistine Chapel ceiling. Isaiah's intense gaze and dynamic pose exemplify Michelangelo's revolutionary approach to human anatomy, establishing the Renaissance ideal of divine strength and intellectual authority.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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