FILE: 51_Pieta_Michelangelo.jpg

TITLE: SCULPTURE - Florentine Pieta - HIGH ITALIAN RENAISSANCE

DESCRIPTION: by MICHELANGELO. In Cathedral of Florence. Michelangelo was 72 years old when he did this one. Hit a flaw and threw it out. Servant retrieved it. See Triangule of Nicodemus, Mary Magdalane and Mary. Nicodemus is SELF-PORTAIT of Michelangelo. Christ is very elongated, almost manneristic.