1490
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
The Two Sons of Noah is a 1490 by Michelangelo, a Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a muscular man with curly hair, draped in a cloth over one shoulder. He’s standing on rocky ground, pointing toward a broken tree trunk with a small piece of paper or cloth stuck in it. His other arm rests on the back of another figure, who’s bent forward slightly. The artist used sharp lines and deep shadows to show the body’s shape and movement. This style was common in Renaissance prints to make figures look strong and real. Look up Renaissance next to see how this style shaped art history.
The artwork depicts the biblical scene of Noah's drunkenness as portrayed in a fresco by Michelangelo, specifically illustrating the two sons of Noah. It is rendered as a print on paper, derived from the original fresco in the Sistine Chapel.
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Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (6 March 1475 – 18 February 1564), known mononymously as Michelangelo, was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance.
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