I recently saw a photograph of Michelangelo rsquo s sculpture Moses in which a closeup view showed a small bulging muscle on Moses rsquo right arm This muscle is the extensor digiti minimi and the contraction only appears when someone lifts their pinky Michelangelo known as a master of intricate details paid close attention to the human bodies he sculpted adding intimate features most everyone else would miss Michelangelo knew the human body in ways few other sculptors have but the details he carved into granite were his attempts to reveal something deeper mdash the soul the interior life of
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