Ads
related to: michelangelo pieta size guide chart photo
Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Pietà (Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; "[Our Lady of] Pity"; 1498–1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, for which it was made.
English: The Pieta is now in the first temple on the right of Saint Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City. Français : ce groupe était destiné au tombeau du Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, abbé de Saint-Denis.
Size of this preview: 347 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: ... Michelangelo: Pietà, c.1530-1536 ( ) Artist: Michelangelo (1475–1564) Alternative names:
The following other wikis use this file: Usage on af.wikipedia.org Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence; Usage on az.wikipedia.org Pyeta; Usage on eo.wikipedia.org
Size of this preview: 384 × 598 pixels. Other resolutions: 154 × 240 pixels | 308 × 480 pixels ... Caprese Michelangelo: Rome: Work period: from 1487 until 1564
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
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.