Researchers believe they have uncovered a mystery for almost 500 years, involving one of the most famous works of Michelangelo . They claim that the frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, hide parts of the human body dissected by the Renaissance master. The first question to ask is: why the Italian painter would do that? To answer, we must go back to the 16th century, a time when the Renaissance directed the attention of science and the arts to man so that, among other things, the c Orpo human pass to be studied with more interest. The dissection of corpses - condemned by the Church - was a widespread practice among both physicians and philosophers as among painters and sculptors. Michelangelo was one of them (along with Leonardo da Vinci, Raphael, Luca Signorelli and Andrea Verocchio). Performed experiments on cadavers in his own studio so often that they came to be invited by Realdo Colombo, one of the most famous doctors of his time, to illustrate a complete anatomical manual that was never realized. "Humanism was the code of conduct at the time. And hide the brain in a picture of God creating man, well over the crowned heads of bishops and of itself p apa would be an irony typical of the genius of Michelangelo , "says the Italian historian Agostino Giovanelli, Catholic University of Milan
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