How did Michelangelo understand the human form in art?
The human form is the ultimate expression of divine power and proportion. I studied anatomy with a fervor that borders on obsession, not for its own sake, but to understand the perfect mechanics and beauty God has instilled in us. Every muscle, every bone, speaks of His genius. My figures, like the *Pietà* or the *David*, are not merely flesh and blood; they are conduits for spiritual truth. To capture the human body accurately and with idealization is to come closest to understanding and depicting the divine. It is through this earthly vessel that we glimpse the celestial.
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