It is a miracle that a formless block of stone could have been reduced to a perfection that nature is scarcely able to create in the flesh. Vasari on the 1498 Pieta of Michelangelo, born OTD 1475. - ThreadSky

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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social • 3 days ago

It is a miracle that a formless block of stone could have been reduced to a perfection that nature is scarcely able to create in the flesh. Vasari on the 1498 Pieta of Michelangelo, born OTD 1475.

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peterpaulrubens.bsky.social•3 days ago

2/2 How Michelangelo's Pieta looked from above while he was sculpting it. Nobody else saw this.

peterpaulrubens.bsky.social•3 days ago

3/3 Michelangelo's great Pieta as it looked after the attack by a lunatic with a hammer in 1972. Thank goodness for the powers of art restorers!

tangocat.bsky.social•3 days ago

Extraordinary.

arthistory.bsky.social•3 days ago

Alt text would be so helpful here. [view from above reveals length of Christ’s dead body curved in a c around the Virgin. Limp and quiet grief]

peterpaulrubens.bsky.social•3 days ago

Only you could do that.

arthistory.bsky.social•3 days ago

Said my teacher, one of the most prolific of art history writers. :-P

studiousgal.bsky.social•3 days ago

❗

peacedeeresistance.bsky.social•3 days ago

Standing in front of this masterpiece actually brought tears to my eyes. The humanity Michaelangelo draws from stone is incredible.

618hoodoo.bsky.social•3 days ago

I'm always fascinated by the fact that Jesus was depicted out of proportion so he can be accommodated in Mary's lap, once you know this, it never escapes you.

clayandsteel.com•3 days ago

One of my favorite sculptures

strawstack.bsky.social•3 days ago

I remember my Art History professor in Uni saying, “it’s so beautiful, you can’t speak…”

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