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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: The ceiling

🖼 The ceiling, 1508-12
Fresco
Vatican, Italy

Muscular figures sprawl across vaulted plaster in dynamic poses, their bodies twisting and reaching in fresco technique. Michelangelo's masterpiece redefined human form in Renaissance art, establishing the chapel as Christianity's artistic pinnacle.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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