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“My soul proclaims the greatness of the Lord; 47 my spirit rejoices in God my savior. 48 For he has looked upon his handmaid’s lowliness; behold, from now on will all ages call me blessed. 49 The Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is his name. 50 His mercy is from age to age to those who fear him.
The Pietà evokes the suffering of mothers ‘who hold their children not knowing if their children will survive.’
Shortly after 23-year-old Michelangelo Buonarroti arrived in Rome in 1497, he was approached by French Cardinal Jean Bilhères de Lagraulas for a special task. Cardinal Bilhères wanted an extraordinary sculpture made for his mausoleum in the Chapel of Santa Petronilla, the chapel for the King of France in St. Peter's Basilica, and he wanted the
My interpretation of Michelangelo’s Pieta in the form of a painting
Michelangelo was an “artist genius”, who expressed his greatness throughout his personality and his force of character (Plumb, The Italian Renaissance , 193). He “used his transcendent...
Sculpture work of Michelangelo Buonarroti housed in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City
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