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Michelangelo Pieta
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I have not seemed “Pieta” in person, by Michelangelo, I visited Italy a few time and the Vatican once but I did not know about this sculpture. This sculpture said to be the best sculpture ever sculpt.
Pieta is the sculpture of Virgin Mary carrying Jesus on her lap after he is crucified. Pieta, which is Michelangelo first sculpture, is breathtaking but also give you chills. A Hellenistic sculpture. The sculpture is Hellenistic because it does not display a perfect Christ or Virgin Mary. With this sculpture, the sculpture displays how much he understood the human body due to the detail. Michelangelo figures out how to show grief and pain on the virgin. Virgin Mary is taller than Jesus, which makes the sculpture disproportion and Chris
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