MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: Study of a Left Leg and Knee (recto)
Precise charcoal lines define musculature and anatomy in this fragmentary study of a left leg and knee. Michelangelo's obsessive anatomical investigation—achieved through dissection and countless sketches—revolutionized figure drawing and established the human body as Renaissance art's supreme subject.
Michelangelo
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