MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) Ignudo 1509-10 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican The picture shows the Ignudo at the upper left corner of the Creation of Eve (above the prophet Ezekiel). In the four ignudi of the fifth bay who hold the yellow ribbons interwoven with the bronze-coloured medallions, the use of contrapposta with a variety of gestures and poses has now been replaced the symmetrical arrangement of figures. The relationship between the figures, placed opposite each other in pairs, is based on increasingly free and complex rhythmical cor
MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (b. 1475, Caprese, d. 1564, Roma) Ignudo 1509-10 Fresco Cappella Sistina, Vatican The picture shows the Ignudo at the upper left corner of the Creation of Eve (above the prophet Ezekiel). In the four ignudi of the fifth bay who hold the yellow ribbons interwoven with the bronze-coloured medallions, the use of contrapposta with a variety of gestures and poses has now been replaced the symmetrical arrangement of figures. The relationship between the figures, placed opposite each other in pairs, is based on increasingly free and complex rhythmical correspondences, with rotating movements and pronounced bendings of the limbs. --- Keywords: -------------- Author: MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni Title: Ignudo Time-line: 1501-1550 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
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Photo credit: © Carlo Bollo / Alamy / Afripics
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