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Art Lectio · Aug 13, 2026

Boundaries Create Freedom

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Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Separation of Land from Sea, 1508–1512

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This is the Sistine Chapel, and Michelangelo does something surprising here. Instead of showing us the world being dramatically split apart, he centres the whole scene on God in motion.

God thrusts across the panel. The drapery moves with force. The ignudi, that is, the naked people, tighten the frame around him.

This scene is about God dividing lan…

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