Michelangelo’s Anatomy: Factual and Fictional Interpretation

Abstract

In the century and a half since Michelangelo’s death (1564) innumerable publications – movies, videos, television programs, books and innumerable journal articles have been published. These were all based in factual aspects of his life. Recently some journal articles have been published in what is known as “Predatory Journals” The contents in this publication are fabricated though seemingly supported by references to literature. Such articles have prefixes with conjectural words (e.g., maybe, possibly, submit, propose, probably). Such citations should be disavowed. 

 anatomy; education; history of medicine; Michelangelo; overinterpretation; peer review.