Michelangelo's Pieta

This is an image of Michelangelo’s famous marble sculpture; the Pieta. It is made by Michelangelo  Buonarroti an artists from the Renaissance time period: it shows Christ’s death. He is being held by his mother, Mary, lying dead in her arms. The Pieta shows how great of an impact Michelangelo’s work can have, and has had on modern art. How the Pieta affects is shown in the great detail that the sculptor itself has; the specific details started to appear more profoundly after Michelangelo's sculptors.

“Pietà”. Photograph. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Web. 8  Nov.  2010  <http://school.eb.com.wf2dnvr9.webfeat.org/eb/art-6922>.

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