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The Pietá Michelangelo Destroyed 3

Posted on March 29, 2008 by 100swallows

Cacagni’s Work If you look closely at the statue you see joints everywhere. Michelangelo must have really tried to make it impossible for anyone to repair it. He smashed left and right, as if by destroying wholesale he might remove … Continue reading →

Posted in aesthetics, art, art history, Beauty, great artists, Michelangelo, Renaissance, sculpture, stone carving | Tagged defects, Duomo, flaws, Florence, Italian Renaissance, Michelangelo, mutilation, Pietà, sculpture | 4 Comments

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