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Delts Don’t Lie - JSTOR Daily

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Renaissance artists routinely used men as models for their depictions of female subjects, yet only the musculatures of Michelangelo tell that story.

The icon indicates free access to the linked research on JSTOR. It’s difficult to describe Michelangelo’s version of The Libyan Sibyl on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Before Michelangelo painted her, the prophetess was known in legend as an ancient seer. Given her gift, Christians at the time assumed that she and other sibyls must have known of Christ’s coming birth. Thus, five female oracles join the pantheon of Old Testament prophets in Michelangelo’s masterpiece. Dressed in a metallic yellow dress, she picks up an enormous tome. Upon first glance, a viewer might briefly wonder if the f

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