In a 19th-century essay, philologist Sebastiano Ciampi wrote, “Michelangelo loved to portray nudes w
In a 19th-century essay, philologist Sebastiano Ciampi wrote, “Michelangelo loved to portray nudes with the most possible truth in imitating Nature. He preferred to exaggerate it rather than to minimize it; and he showcased it skillfully […]; thus he presented symbolic and ideal naked or semi-naked figures…”“Study for the Lybian Sybil”, 1511-1512, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York -- source link