A work of tremendous psychological presence, Michelangelo's marble Brutus reintroduced into the tradition of Italian bust sculpture a sobriety of style—described as "pure without ornament" (puro senza ornato)—that had not been seen since Donatello. Michelangelo sought inspiration in ancient Roman portraiture,

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