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Pagan symbols associated with the female anatomy in the Medici Chapel by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Author(s) -
De Campos Deivis,
Oxley Da Rocha Andrea,
De Oliveira Lemos Rodrigo,
Malysz Tais,
Antonio BonattoCosta João,
Pereira Jotz Geraldo,
Pinto De Oliveira Junior Lino,
Da Costa Oliveira Miriam
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
clinical anatomy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.667
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1098-2353
pISSN - 0897-3806
DOI - 10.1002/ca.22882
Subject(s) - chapel , genius , the renaissance , context (archaeology) , passion , medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , anatomy , period (music) , classics , art , art history , philosophy , history , aesthetics , psychology , archaeology , linguistics , psychotherapist
Numerous studies have shown that many works of art from the Renaissance period contain hidden symbols and codes that could have religious, mathematical and/or pagan significance and even anatomical allusions. In this context, the present manuscript offers new evidence that the great genius of anatomy, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564), included pagan symbols associated with female anatomy in the funerary monuments found in the Sagrestia Nuova /Medici Chapel (1519–1533) in Florence, Italy. The interpretation of the symbols provided in this study will interest those with a passion for the history of anatomy. Clin. Anat. 30:572–577, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.