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A male nude with proportions indicated, recto

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Description: A male nude with proportions indicated, recto
TitleA male nude with proportions indicated, recto
Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1515–1520
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsRed chalk, two shades
LocationRoyal Collection, United Kingdom
https:/­/­www.rct.uk/­collection/­search#/­39/­collection/­912765
Accession numberRCIN 912765
SubjectsHuman anatomyContrappostoDrawing, RenaissanceMale nude in art
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Introduction
Cammy Brothers
Description: Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture
Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture
~Architects, it is often assumed, arrive at new ideas through drawing. The sketch on a cocktail napkin has become a modern-day shorthand for architectural epiphany, and behind it lies an entire professional culture...
Author
Cammy Brothers
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2008 by Cammy Brothers
Related print edition pages: pp.1-7
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00233.001
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Chapter subject tags:Architecture, Renaissance--ItalyMichelangelo Buonarroti, 1475-1564Drawing, Renaissance--ItalyArtists' preparatory studies--ItalyArchitectural drawing, Renaissance

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Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1501–1505
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk on paper
Dimensions12 3/8 x 11 in. (31.5 x 27.8 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1859-0625-564
Accession number1859-6-25-564
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Description: The Raft of the Medusa
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameGéricault, Théodore
Creator nationality/cultureFrench
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1819
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationMusée du Louvre, Paris
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010059199
Accession number4884
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Posted by:John Carlson
Sep 26
Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1534
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack and red chalk on paper
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0915-518
Accession number1895,0915.518
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Description: Christ Driving the Money-Changers from the Temple
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation datec. 1550
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk on paper
Dimensions5 1/2 x 6 5/8 in. (13.9 x 16.7 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1860-0616-2-2
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Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleSculptor
Creation datec. 1530
Object typeSculpture
MaterialsMarble
DimensionsLength 72 7/8 in. (185 cm)
LocationSan Lorenzo, Florence
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Posted by:John Carlson
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Creator nameBuonarroti, Michelangelo
Creator nationality/cultureItalian
Creator roleDraftsman
Creation date1531-1533
Object typeDrawing
MaterialsBlack chalk
Dimensions12 x 8 in. (31.2 x 21.5 cm)
LocationBritish Museum, London
https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1895-0915-517
Accession number1895,0915.517
The Fall of Phaeton
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