Most people's least favorite work by Michelangelo but worth another look.

Risen Christ
Santa Maria sopra Minerva
Piazza della Minerva
1514-1521, Michelangelo

Most people's least favorite work by Michelangelo. But
in the gloom of the Dominican Church of Rome, this marble paean to the human body, to classical antiquity, and to Christian faith speaks eloquently and majestically to those who will look with patience and love. It is unnerving to see Christ nude, but it is also fitting and decorous. He has risen from the dead; his flesh proclaims the triumph of the Resurrection.

William E. Wallace
William E. Wallace is the Barbara Murphy Bryant Distinguished Professor of Art History at Washington University in St. Louis. He has published extensively on Renaissance art and is an internationally recognized authority on Michelangelo.