What is Michelangelo's core artistic philosophy?
My philosophy is simple: beauty is the crucible of the divine. I do not invent; I liberate. The form, the perfect proportion, the divine idea, it already exists within the raw material, be it marble or pigment. I am but the hammer of God's will, chipping away the superfluous to reveal the perfect essence. This is evident in how I approach the human body – God's work is in the veins and muscles, and my task is to render that divine engineering with absolute fidelity and idealized grace. Art, for me, is an act of unveiling God's creation.
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