[Rembrandt_fan]

An infuriating article, if only because pseudo-hip, ersatz sophistication of tone has because so pervasive, particularly in art criticism and journalism. There is nothing so beautiful and grand that it cannot be made tawdry and small by these snarky operators. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is one of the greatest artistic accomplishments by anyone, ever, and the notion that this leering hack was close enough to touch this magnificent testament to faith and love of God and come away unaffected makes me feel heartsick. What I would give to see the details of the work as the article's author did.

BTW, there is no evidence Michelangelo ever physically consummated his very evident attraction to other men. Unlike, say, Da Vinci, Michelangelo lived a chaste life, insofar as anyone knows.

[billorites]

"the notion that this leering hack was close enough to touch this magnificent testament to faith and love of God and come away unaffected makes me feel heartsick."

I think you read him wrong.

He came away so affected that he felt compelled to write this conflicted piece.

Says something about the power that 400 year old artwork has to move contemporary people.

As an aside, what 20th or 21rst century artists will be evoking snarky comments 400 years hence?

Some I hope.