Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know the secrets that are ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

By his early twenties, Michelangelo had already carved the Pieta, a sculpture depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless body of Jesus. It was a masterpiece, brimming with emotion.

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s sculpture Pietà ... For more information, see go.udayton.edu/pieta. Daily Lenten reflections written by vowed Marianists and Marianist Educational Associates are paired with ...

MILAN - Few know that legendary Italian painter and sculptor Michelangelo spent his final days completing a marble Virgin and Christ sculpture, the Rondanini Pietà. A departure from his earlier ...

At the foot of a curving staircase in the little modernistic Villa Sanseverino stands the last privately owned Michelangelo in the world, the Pieta Rondanini.* Every month, dozens of visitors go ...