The Piety by Michelangelo.

Sculpture card:


Title: The Piety.

Author: Michelangelo.

Year: 1498-1499.

Style: Italian Renaissance (Gothic)

Technique: Marble.

Localitation: Basilica of San Pedro. In the Vatican.

General description: The sculpture shows the moment when the virgin gathers in his arms the body of her dead son, after falling from the cross.

Introduction:

This sculpture is called The Piety. The author of this sculpture is Michelangelo. The style of the sculpture is Italian Renaissance, the Cinqecento (15th century). "La piedad" was created in the ages 1498 and 1499.

Analysis:

Is a free standing figure. The technical means was the marble. The volumene is pyramidal. It is religious and is part of the Bible. In the sculpture, the Virgen Maria holding Cristo. The figure is idealised.

Michelangelo portrayed intense emotions in his works. It is cinquecento and Rome became the artist centre. Some sculptors of this age, are: Leonardo Da Vinci, Raphael Sanzio and Michelangelo.

Conclusion:

This sculpture seems very exciting as the Virgin pick up your child after dying on the cross.