Ashford J Wesson, Tatem Sue Binkley
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Biology Department, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Neuroscientist. 2024 Oct;30(5):520-524. doi: 10.1177/10738584221136091. Epub 2022 Nov 19.
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) presented some of the most spectacular artworks of all times in frescos on the ceiling and behind the altar of the Sistine Chapel. While Michelangelo's presentations depict events described in the Bible, there is broad consensus that Michelangelo was conveying his knowledge and theoretical ideas gleaned from his experiences with anatomic dissection. Michelangelo appears to have communicated several ideas about the brain in the images of the and the . Taking the and the together, Michelangelo appears to be symbolizing that God is in the brain, specifically the brainstem, and the brain performs mental functions. The five images on the ceiling of the chapel showing may be interpreted as reflecting the course of vertebrate brain evolution. There are further suggestions about brain function, including perceiving light and complex images and giving spirit to Adam. Furthermore, on the front wall of the Sistine Chapel behind the altar, within the work titled the , the central ellipse, in which Jesus is sitting, appears to represent a midcoronal cross section of a human brain, suggesting that it is the brain that renders judgments about good and evil.
米开朗基罗·博那罗蒂（1475 - 1564）在西斯廷教堂的天花板和祭坛后方的壁画中呈现了一些有史以来最壮观的艺术作品。虽然米开朗基罗的作品描绘了《圣经》中描述的事件，但人们普遍认为，米开朗基罗在传达他从解剖学解剖经验中收集到的知识和理论观点。米开朗基罗似乎在[此处原文缺失具体画作名称]的图像中传达了关于大脑的几个观点。将[此处原文缺失具体画作名称]和[此处原文缺失具体画作名称]放在一起看，米开朗基罗似乎在象征上帝存在于大脑中，特别是脑干，并且大脑执行精神功能。教堂天花板上展示[此处原文缺失具体内容]的五幅图像可以被解释为反映了脊椎动物大脑的进化过程。关于大脑功能还有进一步的暗示，包括感知光线和复杂图像以及赋予亚当灵魂。此外，在西斯廷教堂祭坛后方的前墙上，在名为[此处原文缺失具体作品名称]的作品中，耶稣所坐的中央椭圆似乎代表了人类大脑的中冠状横截面，暗示是大脑对善恶做出判断。
