FILE: 42_Moses_Michelangelo.jpg

TITLE: SCULPTURE - Moses - HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: by MICHELANGELO. FROM TOMB OF JULIUS II. Tomb project never completed. Example of Michelangelo's style to depict TENSION BEFORE ACTION (like his David - see #18). This is Moses returning from mountain w/ 10 Commandments before he sees people reverting to pagan ways and breaking the tablets.