Artist field note

Michelangelo

The body becomes destiny.

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Moses by Michelangelo
Art Institute of Chicago · Public domainSource ↗

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Moses

c. 1513-1515

He is seated, yet nothing feels still. Michelangelo loads the body with the energy of an action about to happen.

The five in one idea

For Michelangelo, the human body was the greatest stage ever invented.