Michelangelo was one of the three masters of the Renaissance, and his achievements in sculpture art were unparalleled. At the age of 13, when he was just a studio student, he achieved a blockbuster success with the painting "The Agony of Saint Anthony". At the age of 21, he completed his first sculpture "Bacchus". In 1498, commissioned by the Cardinal of Rome, the 23-year-old Michelangelo completed the sculpture "Lamentation of the Christ" (also translated as "Pietata"). 》) shocked everyone even more. They couldn’t believe that it was carved by a young man in his twenties.

This is a marble statue showing the Virgin Mary holding the body of the dead Christ, located in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. The details of the Virgin's skirt, eyes, and Christ's muscles and bones are so perfect that they shock the viewer. Michelangelo even carved out the details of the muscles and veins, and the folds of the clothes also showed a satin-like softness, completely changing the marble. of hard texture.

The mourning of Christ is a very common theme in Western paintings. Many artists before Michelangelo also performed different styles of this theme. However, in this work, there are no superfluous characters and backgrounds, and there is no excessive creation of death.

In the atmosphere, Christ is lying quietly in the arms of the Virgin. The Virgin lowers her head to embrace Christ, and spreads her left hand upward. There is no hysterical cry or shouting, but it makes us feel the ultimate despair. The calm atmosphere is filled with tolerable grief. , perfectly presents an advanced interpretation of a tragic atmosphere and reflects Michelangelo's extremely high artistic attainments.

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