{"id":2158,"date":"2010-05-28T08:50:50","date_gmt":"2010-05-28T13:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2010-12-18T21:57:59","modified_gmt":"2010-12-19T03:57:59","slug":"art-and-anatomy-in-the-sistine-chapel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/28\/art-and-anatomy-in-the-sistine-chapel\/","title":{"rendered":"Art and Anatomy in the Sistine Chapel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Michaelangelo-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2160\" title=\"Michaelangelo 2\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/Michaelangelo-2.jpg\" alt=\"Michaelangelo 2\" width=\"225\" height=\"138\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image001.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2165\" title=\"image001\" src=\"https:\/\/praytellblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/05\/image001.png\" alt=\"image001\" width=\"132\" height=\"139\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I bet you didn&#8217;t notice this either when you looked at Michaelangelo&#8217;s masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel. 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