Artist: Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Art work: Pieta, 1500
Resides in the Vatican
69 inches high
Michelangelo's Pietà was carved in 1499 and completed in 1500, when the sculptor was 24 years old.
This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of His mother Mary after the Crucifixion.
Media and Technique: Marble sculpture, subtractive technique
Subtractive sculpture – cutting away of stone
Additive sculpture – sculpting in clay or plaster
Pieta, 1500
David, 1504
Artist: Michelangelo Buonarotti, 1475-1564
Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
Art work: Pieta, 1500
Resides in the Vatican
69 inches high
Michelangelo's Pietà was carved in 1499 and completed in 1500, when the sculptor was 24 years old.
This famous work of art depicts the body of Jesus in the arms of His mother Mary after the Crucifixion.
Media and Technique: Marble sculpture, subtractive technique
Subtractive sculpture – cutting away of stone
Additive sculpture – sculpting in clay or plaster
Pieta, 1500
David, 1504 |