@meakoopa ("Anthony Oliveira") wrote:
this is hilarious bc it is exquisitely observed human anatomy but On The Other Hand the statue also has horns bc…….thanks to St Jerome’s Latin vulgate translation of “horns” of light…Christians for a long time thought that…Moses had…horns.
THE RENAISSANCE, FOLKS!
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@archeohistories ("Archaeo - Histories") wrote:
Michelangelo's Moses is a marble sculpture made in 1513–15. One of many details of this masterpiece is one very small muscle in forearms that contracts only when lifting pinky, otherwise it is invisible. Moses is lifting pinky, therefore that tiny muscle is contracted.




