Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired ... The first declared that the Pietà's damage was now a part of its meaning, speaking to the violence of our modern age.

Nelson, and is excerpted from her book "Our Lady of the World's Fair: Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà ... world’s fairs for their broader significance as diversions from national and global ...

Michelangelo Buonarroti’s sculpture Pietà ... Kohan began building the collection after perceiving a dearth of “meaning” in modern art—a shortage of works that convey the narratives and teachings of ...

The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, with a detail of Michelangelo’s 1499 Pietà at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome (photo: Cornell University Press ...

The quiet beauty of the Pietà has Christian significance as well. When contemporaries described the Pietà as “perfect,” they were making a theological statement, which Michelangelo shared ...

The statue, a marble replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta, depicts the body of Jesus ... statue and the church ought to remain because of its significance for the Polish community.

Florentine artist Michelangelo’s famed Pietà sculpture has for centuries drawn countless visitors, art lovers and Christian pilgrims to St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican City, where the ...