Art historian Margrit Lisner attributes the slenderness of Jesus’s form to the patrons’ wishes, ... Michelangelo, Moses (ca. 1513–15), for the Tomb of Julius II.

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 ...

Art historians investigate strange inconsistencies in Michelangelo's famous Moses More than 500 ago, Michelangelo Buonarroti was the darling of the Catholic Church, commissioned to create many of ...

After five years of restoration, Michelangelo's nearly 500-year-old sculpture of Moses is looking as good as new. Restorers in the Italian capital have been quietly working away on the majestic ...