Rondanini Pietà
Rondanini Pietà | |
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Stone | |
Dimensions | 195 cm (77 in) |
Location | Castello Sforzesco, Milan |
Preceded by | The Deposition (Michelangelo) |
Followed by | The Entombment (Michelangelo) |
The Rondanini Pietà is a
This final sculpture revisited the theme of the
The Rondanini Pietà was begun before The Deposition of Christ was completed in 1555. In his dying days, Michelangelo hacked at the marble block until only the dismembered right arm of Christ survived from the sculpture as originally conceived. The elongated Virgin and Christ are a departure from the idealised figures that exemplified the sculptor's earlier style, and have been said to bear more of a resemblance to the attenuated figures of Gothic sculpture than those of the Renaissance.[8][9] Some also suggest that the elongated figures are reminiscent of the style used in Mannerism.[10][11]
The unfinished quality of the work fits with Michelangelo's late progress away from
It has also been suggested that the sculpture should not be considered unfinished, but a work in a continuous process of being made visible by the viewer as he or she moves around to see it from multiple angles.[13]
South African visual artist Marlene Dumas based her 2012 painting Homage to Michelangelo on the Rondanini Pietà.[14]
See also
References
- ISBN 88-09-02274-2.
- ^ The final period: Last Judgment, frescoes of the Pauline Chapel, last Pietàs. Princeton University Press. 1960. p. 154.
- ^ The Pietà Rondanini Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ISBN 81-7478-522-1.
- ^ "Museo della Pietà Rondanini". Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ISBN 0-300-07740-8.
- ^ (11 September 2010), The Rondanini Pieta Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ Rondanini Pieta Retrieved 4 July 2018.
- ^ "Rondanini Pietà, last Michelangelo's masterpiece". The Italo-Americano. 20 April 2015. Archived from the original on 5 July 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ISBN 0-8386-3759-0.
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- ISBN 978-0-19-881050-6.
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- ISBN 978-8836622856.
External links
- Media related to Pietà Rondanini at Wikimedia Commons