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Michelangelo Buonarroti, The Drunkenness of Noah, 1509, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican City
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Michelangelo closes the central Genesis cycle with Noah drunk and exposed. At the left, Noah works the soil. In the foreground, he appears again beneath a rough shelter, naked and overcome by wine. The man who survived the flood now lies helpless before his sons.
Ham turns towards his father and draws attention to his nakedness. Shem and Japheth ap…
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