ROCKY'S ITALY: Rome - Michelangelo's "Moses"

ROCKY'S ITALY: Rome - Michelangelo's "Moses"

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Sculpture Work
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Carved in 1513 for the never completed tomb of Pope Julius II, Michelangelo’s “Moses” is one of the artist’s most sensational sculptures. The marble statue is characterized by Michelangelo’s typical dramatic musculature and torsion. But the most famous detail of the sculpture is the horns protruding from Moses’ head!