Il nudo maschile nella statuaria di Michelangelo: la pietà

Speranza

It was Michelangelo's task to impregnate the marble with manifest spirit.

Even in a religious theme, Michelangelo felt deeply for the whol amn, alive to every never, muscle, vein, bone, to the skin and hair, fingers, eyes, and mouth.

All must come alive if he were to create power and monumentality by incorporating into the marble the strength of man.

Michelangelo carved upward.


Michelangelo left far behind him the dark, unforgiving Pietàs, their message of love blotted out of blood.

Michelangelo would NOT sculpture agonyu.

The nail holes in Christ's hands and feet are tiny dots.

There is no sign of violence.

Jesus sleeps peacefully in his mother's arms.