The "Pieta" is Michelangelo's first
masterpiece. In this sculpture it shows the virgin Mary holding the body of
Christ, Michelangelo was always proud of his pieces of art because he was a
perfectionist and carved his work out one piece of marble rather than what
other artists did which was adding other pieces of marble to hide their
mistakes. He even claimed that they were so solid that "you could roll
them down a mountain and no piece would come off," This piece was
completed when Michelangelo was only twenty three years old. I found this
piece remarkably interesting because of the amount of detail that went into the
piece of art. The body of Christ is exceptionally well done and that has to do
with the fact that Michelangelo studied dissection of actual bodies. This piece
of the is also the only work of art that Michelangelo ever signed.
-Chris Barrow
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