Moses (Michelangelo)
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moses-michelangelo-162-2014759
title:
Moses (Michelangelo)
text:
Moses is a sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo, housed in the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Commissioned in 1505 by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts the biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin translation of the Bible used at that time. Some scholars believe the use of horns may often hold an antisemitic implication, while others hold that it is simply a convention based on
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encyclopedia
description:
Sculpture by Michelangelo
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses_(Michelangelo)
date created:
2004-05-02T07:40:34Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T14:43:36Z
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