Tomb of Julius II

Tomb of Julius II

1514-1517

7765

Buonarroti, Michelangelo

Italian

visual works

Italy (nation)

Rome (inhabited place)

Renaissance

statues

tombs

Moses--(Biblical leader)

Front view of Michelangelo's statue of Moses from Pope Julius II's tomb. "Moses is an imposing figure – he is nearly eight feet high sitting down! He has enormous muscular arms and an angry, intense look in his eyes. Under his arms he carries the tablets of the law – the stones inscribed with the Ten Commandments that he has just received from God on Mt. Sinai ... Moses is not just sitting down; his left leg is pulled back to the side of his chair as though he is about to rise. And because this leg is pulled back, his hips also face left. Michelangelo, to create an interesting, energetic figure where the forces of life are pulsing throughout the body, pulls the torso in the opposite direction. And so his torso faces to his right. And because the torso faces to the right, Moses turns his head to the left, and then pulls his beard to the right,"--Dr. Beth Harris, Dr. Steven Zucker, KahnAcademy website.

marble (rock)

92.5 inches

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