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MICHELANGELO Buonarroti: The Fall

🖼 The Fall, 1509-10
Fresco
Vatican, Italy

Intertwined bodies tumble through divine space in fresco, their musculature rendered with anatomical precision and emotional intensity. This iconic Sistine Chapel scene established Renaissance mastery of the human form while visualizing humanity's spiritual catastrophe through movement and gesture.

Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Frank Zöllner
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