Michelangelo: Famous Piece Of Art

Michelangelo’s first famous piece of art was his sculpture of Mary and Jesus, otherwise known as Piet¬¬à. It was made in 1500 CE, and during this time it was very rare to see multi-figured sculptures. Made from one single piece of marble and standing at 5’8/12” (1.74 m) this piece of art is truly a masterpiece. This piece made Michelangelo famous for many reasons, at the young age of 25 he was already set out to be one of the greatest artists not only of his time but of all time, because of his work, Piet¬à. Fame was brought to him for creating this masterpiece because of many reasons, to name a few, it is famous for representing a very pivotal moment in history, known as one of the seven sorrows of Mary, for being brutally attacked and reconstructed and it is also famous for its unnatural look and proportion. Although there are many other pieces that he …show more content…
This sculpture is made of marble, specifically the marble that Michelangelo picked out because he envisioned the marble to already represent the sculpture, he only needed his tools to make it come to life. This sculpture is so unique because of the proportion, and how the measurements are not accurately to scale. Jesus is represented unnaturally smaller, whereas, his mother Mary is represented unnaturally larger. This is so because Michelangelo was faced with a problem of how Mary could hold her fully grown son effortlessly in her arms. This was made possible by Mary’s draping garments that hide her oversized body. Along with being dramatically oversized, Mary also appears to look too young to have a 33 year old son, perhaps this was to show her inner virtue of youth. Besides the fact of proportion and age, Michelangelo seamlessly blends two styles of sculpting into one cohesive work of art, using renaissance ideals of classical beauty blended with poses of