One of Michelangelo famous artwork is Pieta at the age of 25 years old, he was employed by a cardinal Jean Bilheres de Lagralas who was a spokesperson for French King Charles VII to the pope. The Pieta statue was carved out of Carrara marble and was finished in the year of 1499 Michelangelo called the sculptor Pieta, which mean compassion and pity the statue portray a young Virgin Mary holding the dead body of her son Jesus Christ. This artwork symbolizes the everyday tragedies of the world you sort of get a sense of Sorrow and distress from looking at the statue. The word hopelessness and sorrow come to mind to me because of the Virgin Mary appearance her head is tilted, her eye is droopy, and slump posture. Michelangelo used the sculptor
