SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Two Brazilian doctors and amateur art lovers believe they have uncovered a secret lesson on human anatomy hidden by Renaissance artist Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel's ceiling.
Completed nearly 500 years ago, the brightly colored frescoes painted on the Vatican's famous sanctuary are considered some of the world's greatest works of art. They depict Biblical scenes such as the "Creation of Adam" in which God reaches out to touch Adam's finger.
But Gilson Barreto and Marcelo de Oliveira believe Michelangelo also scattered his detailed knowledge of internal anatomy across 34 of the ceiling's 38 panels. The way they see it, a tree trunk is not just a tree trunk, but also a bronchial tube. And a green bag in one scene is really a human heart.
The key to finding the numerous organs, bones and other human insides is to first crack a "code" they believe was left behind by the Florentine artist. Essentially, it is a set of sometimes subtle, sometimes overt clues, like the way a figure is pointing.
"Why wasn't this ever seen before? First, because very few people have the sufficient anatomical knowledge to see these pieces like this. I do because that's my profession," said Barreto, who is a surgeon in the Brazilian city of Campinas.
these guys from the renaissance learned anatomy from dissecting many cadavers. amazing that they can learn to the point where they can just paint nearly perfect anatomy with no references besides memory.
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Yes they had excellent knowledge. Although I am not sure thats what these pics are depicting in refernce to thi of the pictus "code". Its an interpretation of the pictures. Like is often the case with Art the interpretation is not always what the artist intended
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Kinda interesting actually, there are people saying that he was a member or founder of the Illuminati... They were scientist and didn't like the church all that much if this is true and the Illuminati thing is true he managed to screw the church right in the ass without them knowing it.
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