Michelangelo’s unparalleled frescoes in the Sistine Chapel have been traditionally construed to represent the traditional, Roman Catholic interpretation of the Seven Days of Creation in the Book of Genesis and the Last Judgement. Indeed, in September 2018, Pope Francis I offered a benediction for the Vatican’s art treasures and for “those who contributed to the Church’s history through art.” A number of studies have suggested that Michelangelo concealed anatomic information about the human brain in his renderings of God and biblical prophets and saints. Was the anatomic content of these images purposeful or coincidental? Was the anatomy intentionally concealed? Is there a common pattern with symbolic connotations in the anatomic representations? Was Michelangelo sending an encoded message? In this study, we analyze the imagery in the Sistine frescoes in light of the literature surrounding Michelangelo’s artistry with a particular interest in the relationship between the certain purported anatomic depictions and details demonstrable using scientific and anatomic techniques available during the High Renaissance.

米开朗基罗在西斯廷教堂的无与伦比的壁画传统上被解释为代表传统的罗马天主教对创世记和最后审判中的七日创造的解释。事实上，在 2018 年 9 月，教皇弗朗西斯一世为梵蒂冈的艺术珍品和“那些通过艺术为教会历史做出贡献的人”提供了祝福。许多研究表明，米开朗基罗在他对上帝、圣经先知和圣徒的描绘中隐藏了有关人类大脑的解剖学信息。这些图像的解剖内容是有目的的还是巧合的？解剖结构是故意隐藏的吗？在解剖表征中是否存在具有象征意义的共同模式？米开朗基罗是否发送了编码信息？在这项研究中，