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Michelangelo Painted Physiques, Not People
The more John Ruskin, the nineteenth-century art critic, thought about Michelangelo, the less he liked him. He knew there was no way around admitting Michelangelo’s excellence: no one could stand in the Sistine or the Medici Chapel without feeling awe … Continue reading
Posted in aesthetics, art, art history, Beauty, great artists, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Sistine Chapel
Tagged leopard, Michelangelo, morals, Ruskin, Sistine Chapel, style, Tintoretto, Veronese
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