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  2. Pietà (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    According to Giorgio Vasari, shortly after the installation of his Pietà, Michelangelo overheard someone remark (or asked visitors about the sculptor) that it was the work of another sculptor, Cristoforo Solari, whereupon Michelangelo signed the sculpture. [11] Michelangelo carved the words on the sash running across Mary's chest.

  3. Replicas of Michelangelo's Pietà - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of replicas of Michelangelo's 1498–1499 statue, Piet ...

  4. Pietà - Wikipedia

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    Michelangelo Buonarotti's Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica, 1498–1499.Crowned by the Pontifical decree of Pope Urban VIII in 1637.. The Pietà (Italian pronunciation:; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross.

  5. Palestrina Pietà - Wikipedia

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    The Palestrina Pietà is a marble sculpture of the Italian Renaissance, dating from c. 1555 and now in the Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence.It was formerly attributed to Michelangelo, but now it is mostly considered to have been completed by someone else, such as Niccolò Menghini [1] or Gian Lorenzo Bernini. [2]

  6. The Deposition (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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    The Deposition (also called the Bandini Pietà or The Lamentation over the Dead Christ) is a marble sculpture by the Italian High Renaissance master Michelangelo.The sculpture, on which Michelangelo worked between 1547 and 1555, depicts four figures: the dead body of Jesus Christ, newly taken down from the Cross, Nicodemus [1] (or possibly Joseph of Arimathea), Mary Magdalene and the Virgin Mary.

  7. Pietà for Vittoria Colonna - Wikipedia

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    The theme of the Pietà, so dear to the sculptor Michelangelo, is addressed in a highly emotional composition, as in the Crucifixion for Colonna. The dead Jesus is cradled between the grieving Mary's legs, who raises her arms to heaven as two angels also raise Christ's arms at right angles.

  8. Tourists flock to see Michelangelo’s statue of David after ...

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    Many well-known works of Renaissance art – and in particular Michelangelo’s David – feature detailed depictions of the human body, including nudity. Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence, home ...

  9. Italian Renaissance sculpture - Wikipedia

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    After this, sculptors of large works had to react to the enormous force of Michelangelo's figures. [164] In 1504 Michelangelo received the first of the enormous painting commissions, for the Battle of Cascina (never completed), that were to take him away from sculpture for much of his career, and leave many sculptural projects unfinished. [165]