Michelangelo La Pieta Panorama
by Weston Westmoreland
Title
Michelangelo La Pieta Panorama
Artist
Weston Westmoreland
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Michelangelo's La Pieta in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican city.
A panoramic view of Michelangelo's probably most revered sculpture, certainly the most moving and my personal favorite. There is so much tenderness and sadness flowing from this statue. Michelangelo shows us the Virgin Mary suffering quietly and in silence. While her face remains serene, only her hand betrays her emotions by saying two things at the same time, there you have him, sacrificed for your sins, and how could this possibly happen?
Michelangelo was 22 when he carved La Pieta between 1498–1499. He was nobody before it, and a genius after. Everything that came later was because he was given the chance to carve La Pieta. It is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed, as you can see in Mary's band if you zoom in the picture. The theme is of Northern origin, popular by that time in France but not yet in Italy. Michelangelo's interpretation of the Pieta was unprecedented in Italian sculpture.
A close version of this image and more Roman images in my Roman Gallery https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/weston-westmoreland.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=392464&page=1
You can learn more about what drives me in my blog:
http://inspiringthoughtsandimages.com/
Weston Westmoreland.
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September 22nd, 2017
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