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The light of Michelangelo's Pietà .
- Source :
- Catholic Digest; Apr/May2020, Vol. 84 Issue 5, p24-26, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- The article offers information on the Pietà which is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It discusses that the statue was commissioned for the French Cardinal Jean de Bilhères, who was a representative in Rome; and mentions that to convey the lifelessness of Jesus Christ, Michelangelo added details observed from an actual lifeless body.
- Subjects :
- PIETA
RENAISSANCE sculpture
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00087998
- Volume :
- 84
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Catholic Digest
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 142846205