Michelangelo's "Pieta" was never actually painted - it's a sculpture! Michelangelo finished this sculpture in less than two years, working between 1498 and 1499.
The third pieta
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Across the chest of the Virgin
40 years after Michealangelo completed the Pieta, the German Augustine monk, Martin Luther objected to the corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, which began the Prodestant Reformation. The Reformation established rules geovening religious imagery. "Pieta" 1. Mary appears too young. Mary was middle aged when Christ died. Michelangelo stated that chastity preserves youth. youth symbolizes her incoruptable purity. 2. Christ appears asleep instead of dead. Michealangelo states, "Christ lives forever in our hearts and minds." 3. Mary larger than Christ. Michealangelo; illistrates his feebleness in state of death. 4. Christ too youthful and relaxed. -- Christ harmoniously contained within the large pyramidal forms of his mother. To a mother, a child is alway young and the mother always protects the child. 5. Christ timeless idealized image. -- 6. Mary appears to gaze incestously at Christ.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
It is called the Pieta and was one of Michaelangelo's greatest sculptures.
No, he was not!
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Michelangelo completed the Pieta in 1499.