Michelangelo Pieta Essay

One of my favorite piece of work is Pieta a creation birthed during the Renaissance from Michelangelo. Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, a praised Renaissance artist; known for his significant influence upon western art. Michelangelo was by far one of the most talented scultors of his time, he was also known for versatile abilties as a, painter, architect, poet, and engineer. In 1498, he had created Pieta. This marvelous sculpture was made from a block of Carrara marble. The dimensions of the piece are 174 cm × 195 cm (68.5 in × 76.8 in). This sculpture was one of his most renowned pieces of work and it became the strongest launch of his career unlike any of his previous work. The orginal intended use of this sculpture was to go inside of the chapel at Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and is still housed there to this day. Though intially set as a religious piece in the late 1400's early 1500's, it is now a symbolic testament of the creations from Michelangelo. After leaving Florence where he had worked for …show more content…
Most of the artwork commisioned during this time was either from extremely wealthy and powerful people, or those of the church. The catholic church had more control over what was created during this era because they were the law, no one apposed "Church" or "God" and if they did, they were tragically dealt with. In this specific piece, the Virgin Mary is holding the dead body of Christ after his removal from the cross. This is a scene from one of the "Seven Sorrows of Mary," which was part of the main catholic prayer. In addition, this was a special piece of work not only for the catholic church, but in the sense that there were not many multi-figured sculptures during this time. Since these two figures appeared together in such a serine and flawless flow, it is a piece to show a evolutionary change in art of its