by | Sep 16, 2010 | Renaissance Art
A full-size bronze replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta has arrived at Oakland’s Cathedral of Christ the Light and will be on public display for the next several months in an alcove across the hall from the mausoleum. The sculpture was cast by an Italian foundry from...
by | Sep 16, 2010 | Renaissance Art
Michelangelo’s marble Pietà sculpture in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome depicts one of the most moving episodes of the Crucifixion, the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of her son after he has been taken down from the cross. It was, and still is, considered the great...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 14, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
David (Michelangelo) Circa 1501-4; height 16 ft 10 in. Michelangelo’s monumental David differs greatly from earlier interpretations of this subject by Donatello and Verrocchio. Whereas the earlier masters had depicted David victorious over the slain Goliath, many...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 12, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Michelangelo’s Moses (ca. 1513-1516; height ~92.5 inches) San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome The powerful and majestic figure of Moses is depicted during the most important moment in his life. The plates of the Ten Commandments indicate that he has come from Mount...
by Rob Jollymore | Sep 12, 2010 | Michelangelo Sculptures
Saint Peter’s Pieta (1498-1499 69 inches) The Saint Peter’s Pieta is surely the most universally loved work of Michelangelo. With good reason, we admire the miraculous transformation of a giant piece of marble into a larger than life-size two-figure sculpture group....
