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Ignudo 8
Michelangelo
DATE 1509
AUTHOR Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475, Caprese - 1564, Roma)
MATERIAL Fresco -Ceiling painting
SIZE Unknown
LOCATION (Italy - Rome) - Vatican City - Sistine Chapel
NOTES The picture shows the nude at the lower right corner of the Sacrifice of Noah (above the prophet Isaiah).

The ignudi in the third bay are painted with greater fluency and the modeling is more delicate - with greater attention being paid to the reflections and the subtle effects of light and shade - than those of the first bay. Moreover, their poses are no longer wholly symmetrical. In fact, in the two figures on the left, only the lower part of the body is symmetrical, while the twisting of the bust and the head are expressions of contrapposto. The right arms of both are, however, extended toward the centre in order to hold the ribbon supporting the medallion. On the other hand, the ignudi on the right lean out toward the exterior, and the only difference between them appears to be the position of their arms.

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