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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Male Torso (recto)

🖼 Male Torso (recto), 1524-25
Black chalk
332 × 258 cm
Oxford, United Kingdom

Rendered in precise charcoal, a muscular male torso displays anatomical mastery through dynamic contrapposto and rippling musculature. Michelangelo's obsessive study of the human form revolutionized Renaissance art, establishing the body as sculpture's equal in drawing.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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