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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: River God

🖼 River God, c. 1524
Unbaked clay
Florence, Italy

Muscular torso reclines in classical contrapposto, rendered with sculptural intensity through bold charcoal strokes. This study exemplifies Michelangelo's obsession with the male form's anatomical perfection, influencing Renaissance ideals of divine masculine beauty for centuries.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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