Mystery sketch is rare Michelangelo draft for Sistine Chapel

[John Green]

"The male figure in the newly discovered drawing is shown from another angle in the final painted version. “Looking at the drawing, one would assume that the figure was intended to be seen horizontally. It isn’t. It’s intended to be seen with the drawing rotated 90 degrees clockwise. Put the two images side by side and there it is. Once examined, it was obvious that the drawing is preparatory for this figure.” Joannides said."
...." “This assessment by the surgeon Francis Wells substantiates Michelangelo’s lack of concern for skeletal and muscular accuracy… As Vasari remarked in a famous passage: ‘he used to make his figures with nine, 10, or 12 heads, seeking only to create, by placing them all together, a certain harmonious grace in the whole which Nature does not produce, declaring that it was necessary to have a good eye for measurement rather than a steady hand’. Michelangelo’s concern was dynamic expression, not anatomical fidelity.” www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2023/feb/19/when-we-rotated-it-90-degrees-it-was-obvious-mystery-sketch-is-rare-michelangelo-draft-for-sistine-chapel

I'm reminded of Hogarth's (Burne Hogarth's) 'Dynamic Anatomy'. (And the numerous condemnations of the configurations of Jack Kirby et al's super-hero work).

[darrenlee]

The Guardian's title, ‘When we rotated it 90 degrees it was obvious’ (their quotes), suggests an alarming lack of spatial skills from the researchers, but it says no such thing in the article.