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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Study for the Battle of Cascina

🖼 Study for the Battle of Cascina, c. 1504
Pencil and silverpoint on paper
235 × 356 cm
Florence, Italy

Muscular male nudes sprawl across the composition in dynamic poses, rendered with anatomical precision through charcoal and chalk. This preparatory study demonstrates Michelangelo's revolutionary approach to the human form, influencing Renaissance art's elevation of male physiology as supreme artistic subject.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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