La+Pieta+-BR

 // L a P i e t a  // **// D a t e : 1498-1499//**
 * // L o c a t i o n : Vatican City //**


 * // 5 F A C T S  //**


 * 1 . ) **** This piece of art is made out of marble. **


 * // 2 . ) This statue is young mary. //**


 * // 3 . )  //****// It is the only piece of art that //****// Michelangelo signed. //**


 * // 4 . )  //****// The word pieta is Italian for “pity” because mary is holding a dead body of Christ. //**


 * // 5 . )  //****// Someone broke that statue before but they repaired it and put glass around it so no one could get in. //**


 * // S u m m a r y  //**


 * // The person who made this art was Michelangelo. //**
 * // He didn’t want this statue to represent death it was //**
 * // for religion. This sculpture was made for funeral monument but it was move to a different location. This is the only peice that Michelangelo ever signed! This sculpture was housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican city. //**