Artist field note

Michelangelo

The body becomes destiny.

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Sistine Chapel Ceiling by Michelangelo
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Sistine Chapel Ceiling

1508-1512

Hundreds of bodies turn a ceiling into an entire universe of creation, fall, prophecy and possibility.

The five in one idea

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