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2 days ago · The Madonna della Pietà ( Italian: [pjeˈta]; 1498–1499), otherwise known as La Pietà, is a marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, now in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City.
4 days ago · British officer Donald Jeffries sneaks into occupied Bruges at night to save Michelangelo 's Madonna of Bruges, but is killed in the attempt. Richard Campbell and Preston Savitz learn that Van Eyck 's Ghent Altarpiece was removed by the priests of Ghent Cathedral for safekeeping, but their truck was stopped and the panels taken.
2 days ago · Mary and Christ. The Last Judgment ( Italian: Il Giudizio Universale) [1] is a fresco by the Italian Renaissance painter Michelangelo covering the whole altar wall of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City. It is a depiction of the Second Coming of Christ and the final and eternal judgment by God of all humanity.
Jul 10, 2024 · Die Brügger Madonna ist eine Skulptur von Michelangelo aus den Jahren 1501 bis 1506 in der Moscron-Kapelle der Brügger Liebfrauenkirche.
Jul 14, 2024 · Delphic Sibyl, detail of a fresco by Michelangelo, 1508–12; in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City. The Sistine Chapel had great symbolic meaning for the papacy as the chief consecrated space in the Vatican, used for great ceremonies such as electing and inaugurating new popes.
The name ‘Rucellai Madonna’, by which the painting is known, comes from the chapel in which it was hung at the end of the 16th century, owned by the Rucellai family.
Jul 12, 2024 · The sculpture depicts the lifeless body of Jesus cradled by the grieving Virgin Mary, symbolizing the profound sorrow and compassion of a mother mourning her son. While the Pieta’s sheer artistic brilliance is well-known, there are several extraordinary and lesser-known facts surrounding this iconic work of art.
