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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Slave (young)

🖼 Slave (young), 1519-36
Marble, height 235 cm
Florence, Italy

Muscular tension animates this partially carved marble figure, emerging from stone as if struggling toward freedom. The unfinished slave exemplifies Michelangelo's belief that sculpture releases forms imprisoned in rock, while symbolizing human resistance against constraint.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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