Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns.Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict the ...

Why did Michelangelo sculpt Moses with horns?. L'Unione Sarda English - L'Unione Sarda English ...

Biblical figures surround the marble statue of Moses, Michelangelo's masterpiece at the Church of St. Peter in Chains in Rome. The famous sculpture, originally planned as part of Pope Julius II's ...

And due to a simple mistranslation, "rays of light" became "horns". And even though during the Reformation, translators removed the horns from the text of Exodus, Moses with horns became a common ...

In 1515, Michelangelo completed a marble sculpture of an old but muscular Moses with the Ten Commandments under his arm. Tourists are often shocked to see what appear to be devilish horns ...

Michelangelo’s Moses has more in common with C.S. Lewis’s Mr. Tumnus than the casual viewer might expect—namely, a couple of stubby horns. Michelangelo wasn’t the first artist to depict ...