Resumen de Michelangelo's Dream
Michelangelo’s Sogno has long been understood as an allegory of virtue and vice, a readily legible image. A gift given by the artist to an intimate friend, the Sogno is indeed legible, but its message is actually complex and elusive. The drawing is meant to be meditated upon, its rich imagery designed to elicit multiple but complementary interpretations. Employing the iconography of melancholy, references to dreams, to love, and to divine inspiration, the Sogno functions as a self-conscious reflection on artistic inspiration and creation, revealing both the benefits and the afflictions granted to the divinely inspired individual.
