![An Italian museum is using flesh-eating bacteria to clean Michelangelo's statues — because they're full of corpses - CBS News An Italian museum is using flesh-eating bacteria to clean Michelangelo's statues — because they're full of corpses - CBS News](https://assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com/hub/i/r/2021/06/22/601ad1d1-9dd8-4843-9c84-5d3427538d05/thumbnail/1200x630/13fffd58d8c24544a7723bb7c1658028/gettyimages-587494832.jpg?v=f5251b37272e6b1bc4e5456ab4445a67)
An Italian museum is using flesh-eating bacteria to clean Michelangelo's statues — because they're full of corpses - CBS News
![Michelangelo's Moses is a marble sculpture made in 1513–15. One of the many details of this masterpiece is one very small muscle in the forearms that contracts only when lifting the pinky, Michelangelo's Moses is a marble sculpture made in 1513–15. One of the many details of this masterpiece is one very small muscle in the forearms that contracts only when lifting the pinky,](https://preview.redd.it/b2roxbxcjs971.jpg?auto=webp&s=879ff2ac5cfb1523f3e01b8d3a3704f0bb04a50c)
Michelangelo's Moses is a marble sculpture made in 1513–15. One of the many details of this masterpiece is one very small muscle in the forearms that contracts only when lifting the pinky,
![Michelangelo Tomb of Lorenzo Medici with male Dusk and female Dawn 1520-1534 San Lorenzo Flore… | Michelangelo sculpture, Italian renaissance art, Renaissance art Michelangelo Tomb of Lorenzo Medici with male Dusk and female Dawn 1520-1534 San Lorenzo Flore… | Michelangelo sculpture, Italian renaissance art, Renaissance art](https://i.pinimg.com/1200x/2a/85/45/2a85451509ed0ca4c456269874f250dc.jpg)
Michelangelo Tomb of Lorenzo Medici with male Dusk and female Dawn 1520-1534 San Lorenzo Flore… | Michelangelo sculpture, Italian renaissance art, Renaissance art
![Men with Breasts (Or Why are Michelangelo's Women so Muscular?) Part 1 – JILL BURKE – Art Historian | Author | HISTORICAL CONSULTANT Men with Breasts (Or Why are Michelangelo's Women so Muscular?) Part 1 – JILL BURKE – Art Historian | Author | HISTORICAL CONSULTANT](https://renresearch.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/michelangelo-night.jpg?w=640)
Men with Breasts (Or Why are Michelangelo's Women so Muscular?) Part 1 – JILL BURKE – Art Historian | Author | HISTORICAL CONSULTANT
![Many say that Michelangelo's female sculptures have such unrealistic breasts and musculature because he could not use female models. Did he not have other reference material available to him at the time? : Many say that Michelangelo's female sculptures have such unrealistic breasts and musculature because he could not use female models. Did he not have other reference material available to him at the time? :](http://uploads6.wikiart.org/images/michelangelo/nude-woman-on-her-knees.jpg)