My Florence Pages: Michelangelo’s Pieta

December 11, 2009 by Lavanya

Michelangelo’s Pieta at the Duomo Museum in Florence was probably my favorite sculpture and I am not really sure why. It was not his most perfect work.( He reportedly tried to destroy it- so imperfect did he think it was). Yet, it was the only sculpture that made me cry. There is something about Nicodemus wearing Michelangelo’s face that gives me goose pimples. It could be his expression as he carries Christ’s limp body or the gentle arc his body […]

Categories: Art, Travel, writing • Tags: Duomo Museum, Florence, Michelangelo, Pieta