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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Studies of grotesque heads

🖼 Studies of grotesque heads, 1530
Red chalk
255 × 350 cm
London, United Kingdom

Grotesque profiles twist across the page in rapid pen strokes, exaggerating nose, chin, and jaw with theatrical distortion. Michelangelo's anatomical obsession transforms human faces into caricature, revealing Renaissance fascination with deformity alongside idealized beauty.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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