Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) was a past master in looksmaxxing long before it became a thing for men. All you have to do is look at God’s freshly minted Adam on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel: look at that jawline, that clear skin and, above all, that bulging musculature. This is the look many of today’s young men seek to maximise through bodybuilding, skincare, dieting, posture training, supplementation or even cosmetic procedures and jawline enhancement. And who can deny that the creature who languidly stretches out his hand to touch the finger of the Father is maximally beautiful?
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El Greco and the true transformation of beauty
The elongated figures of El Greco’s Pentecost reflect a deeply Christian vision of the body transformed not by cosmetics or discipline, but by the life of the Spirit
Fr Gavan Jennings
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