My own researches have shown that Michelangelo was indeed consumed by anatomy, enough so to insert clever references to his scholarship into his work at the Sistine Chapel under (or over) the very eyes of the religious authorities. Look closely here:
Did you see it? Fear of exposure of his detailed anatomical knowledge - and let's face it - the ruthless censorship of the time led the great Michelangelo to conceal in his masterpiece this unusually detailed portrait of a part of human anatomy that was until then shrouded in mystery:
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ReplyDeleteI was late to the party and only encountered the Brain-Anatomy theory through Bioephemera.
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If Bouffant filled his computer full of love things would be different.
ReplyDeleteThis whole theory -- that religious suppression of knowledge forced Michelangelo to hide his anatomical research and express his knowledge only in veiled form -- is certainly supported by the absence of any dissection diagrams by Leonardo.
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At the time, cadaver dissections were viewed with ambivalence by the population and the Vatican.
ReplyDeleteAmbivalence, skeptics! AMBIVALENCE! Try and conquer THAT.
Go on. Retouch this painting. You know you want to.
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Sorry I mentioned it.
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That's not the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
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No phallic symbolism here!
ReplyDeleteThose cherubs don't look anything like phalluses.
And lo, the Lord did appear, and placed before me his throbbing, twitching, turgid member, it's unblinking eye focused on my every move.
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No phallic symbolism here!
ReplyDeleteThe rock formations in the background are the Dickomites.
Adam: Look I know that you're the Ruler of the Universe and everything, and I don't want to seem ungrateful but no way am I wearing that, eeeew.
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ReplyDeleteIf you look closely, he also gave him boobs!
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