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Title
Michelangelo's Moses
Subject
Sculpture
Description
This statue is an adaptation of Moses, a sculpture created by the Italian High Renaissance artist, Michelangelo. The original statue was commissioned in 1505 by Pople Julius II for his tomb and is currently located in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome. Michelangelo's inspiration for the image of the statue is based on Exodus 34, where it alludes to Moses having horns on the top of his head in some translations.
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Sources:
Bena E. Medjuck, EXODUS 34:29-35: MOSES' "HORNS" IN EARLY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS, Master's thesis, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1998 (Ann Arbor: Bell & Howell Information and Learning, 1998).
Check out the High Library for more information.
Check out sacred texts that relate to the artifact.
Sources:
Bena E. Medjuck, EXODUS 34:29-35: MOSES' "HORNS" IN EARLY BIBLE TRANSLATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS, Master's thesis, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada, 1998 (Ann Arbor: Bell & Howell Information and Learning, 1998).
Contributor
Elizabethtown College (Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA)
Dr. William V. Puffenberger
Rights
Elizabethtown College retains all intellectual property rights to this image including, but not limited to, digital rights and any derivative works. For permission for reproduction, please contact the College’s Administrative Assistant for Humanities.
Format
A miniature plaster of Paris statue version of Michelangelo's large marble sculpture of Moses in Italy.
18.5 in X 6.5 in (47 cm X 16.5 cm)
Type
Physical Object
Identifier
Puffenberger #8
Coverage
The United States of America