The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo, 1511.
Michelangelo is thought to have created hundredsif not thousandsof sketches to plan the composition of his frescoes.
He destroyed almost all of them before dying because he was feeling sick.
“The Creation of Adam” by Michelangelo, 1511. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
He knew he was dying.
He never created them for public display, Marinazzo adds.
The exhibition features two lesser-known sketches of apostles that almost got lost to history.
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Adriano Marinazzo at Casa Buonarroti studying Michelangelos original drawings in 2012.
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Study for the Prophet Jonah, 1512.
Adriano Marinazzo at Casa Buonarroti studying Michelangelo’s original drawings in 2012. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
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Study for the Prophet Zechariah, 1508.
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Study for the Cumaean Sibyl, 1510.
“Study for a male face for the Flood,” c. 1508–1509. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
“Study for the Prophet Jonah,” 1512. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
“Study for the Prophet Zechariah,” 1508. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
“Study for the Cumaean Sibyl,” 1510. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
A comparison between Michelangelo’s architectural sketch of the Sistine Chapel ceiling and a digitally enhanced rendering of the actual ceiling by Adriano Marinazzo. (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
“This is Not My Art” by Adriano Marinazzo (Photo: courtesy of Muscarelle Museum of Art)
