[DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo's Pieta - ItalianRenaissance.org [PAR] 1498-1500, marble ... Michelangelo claimed that the block of Carrara marble he 
used to work on this ... Pieta shows the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of 
Christ after his crucifixion, ... The Virgin Mary holding Christ in Michelangelo's 
Pieta ... to be mentally disturbed) rushed the statue with a hammer and started 
hitting it,... [DOC] [TLE] Piet (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Piet is a work of Renaissance sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti, 
housed in St. Peter's ... Michelangelo's Piet, St Peter's Basilica (149899).jpg ... 
Much of Mary's body is concealed by her monumental drapery, and the ... by 
other artists, as he sculpted a young and beautiful Mary rather than an older 
woman around... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo - Wikipedia [PAR] Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni was an Italian sculptor, painter, 
architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled 
influence on the development of Western art. Considered to be the greatest living 
artist during his lifetime, he has since ... Despite holding a low opinion of painting, 
Michelangelo also created two of... [DOC] [TLE] Piet (marble sculpture) | Michelangelo | High Renaissance ... [PAR] Mar 20, 2012 - 4 minMichelangelo, Piet, marble, 1498-1500 (Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome) Speakers ... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo's Pieta - Traveling Thru History [PAR] Apr 14, 2015 ... What is it that makes Michelangelo's Pieta so special? ... 1498 to secure the best 
marble he could find, Michelangelo began ... A Pieta is a style of artistic 
expression that depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus after He has 
been ... Both pieces show Mary holding Christ in her lap, but that is where... [DOC] [TLE] Michelangelo: Italian Renaissance Artist - Visual Arts Encyclopedia [PAR] He reinvigorated the classical idea that the nude human body is a sufficient ... 
Here he created David his second great marble sculpture, and painted his one 
and ... as it was finished Michelangelo returned to work on Julius' tomb (1513-
1516). ... The wall-painting depicts Christ's damnation of sinners and his blessing 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] St. Peter's Basilica - Piet, Rome 32 Insider Tips, Photos and Reviews [PAR] This is the only piece by Michelangelo that he actually signed. ... It was finished 
around 1500 and is one of the most famous pieces of art in St Peter. ... The Pieta, 
which depicts the Virgin Mary holding the body of her son Jesus Christ after his ... 
most beautiful sculpture ever - Michelangelo's Pieta - sculpted between 1498... [DOC] [TLE] Catholic Way [PAR] Michelangelo began work on the Pietahis sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding 
the dead Christwhen he was 23 years old. The finished work was first 
displayed in St. Peter's during the Holy Year of 1500; the many pilgrims to ... 27, 
1498. The contract read that Cardinal Jean Bilheres de Lagraulas, the French 
king's envoy... [DOC] [TLE] St. Peter's Basilica, Rome - A View On Cities [PAR] He conceived the imposing dome and made further alterations to the plans. ... 
Statues on the front facade of the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome .... Basilica is the 
Piet, a marble sculpture of a young looking Mary holding the dead body of her 
son. It was created in 1499-1500 by Michelangelo at the early age of twenty-five. [DOC] [TLE] MICHELANGELO di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni [PAR] After about two years, Michelangelo studied at the sculpture school in the ... At 
about the same time, Michelangelo also did the marble Piet (1498-1500), still in 
its ... finished before Michelangelo was 25 years old, and it is the only work he 
ever signed. The youthful Mary is shown seated majestically, holding the dead 
Christ... [DOC] [TLE] THE SUBLIME BEAUTY OF THE WORKS OF MICHELANGELO ... [PAR] On his first Roman sojourn he was able to study classic statues from the newly 
excavated ruins. ... After finishing Bacchus in 1498, he started working on the 
marble Piet, one ... When it was finished in 1500,

Question: In 1498 Michelangelo began this statue of Mary holding the body of Christ; he finished it in 1500
Answer: "Pieta"