crucifix by Michelangelo

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The crucifix by Michelangelo is an early Renaissance wooden sculpture of the crucified Christ, notable for its naturalistic anatomy and housed in the Basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Renaissance artwork
religious sculpture
wooden sculpture
artForm sculpture
artHistoricalSignificance example of Michelangelo’s early sculptural work
important work in study of Renaissance anatomy in art
artisticSchool Florentine school NERFINISHED
artMovement Early Renaissance NERFINISHED
associatedWith Augustinian order NERFINISHED
Basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence NERFINISHED
city Florence NERFINISHED
country Italy
creator Michelangelo NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Tuscany NERFINISHED
depicts Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
crucifixion of Jesus
function altar crucifix
genre Christian art
hasAnatomicalDetail careful musculature modeling
proportional human body
hasContext Catholic liturgical art
hasDimension life-size representation
hasMedium polychromed wood
hasPerspective frontally viewed figure
hasStyle naturalism
hasType devotional object
iconography Christ on the cross NERFINISHED
languageOfTitle Italian
locatedIn Florence
Italy
location Basilica of Santo Spirito NERFINISHED
materialUsed wood
notableFor naturalistic anatomy
realistic representation of the human body
period Italian Renaissance NERFINISHED
portrays nude body of Christ
religion Christianity
subjectHeading Crucifix NERFINISHED
support wooden cross
theme Passion of Christ NERFINISHED
redemption
sacrifice
titleInItalian Crocifisso di Michelangelo NERFINISHED

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Santo Spirito, Florence hasArtwork crucifix by Michelangelo
Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva notableWork crucifix by Michelangelo
this entity surface form: Christ the Redeemer by Michelangelo