Top Posts
- Who's Who in the Last Judgment?
- Michelangelo vs. Bernini
- Giotto's Perfect Circle
- Michelangelo's Last Paintings
- Michelangelo's Agony in the Sistine
- Michelangelo’s Only Low Relief
- Michelangelo's Marble Quarries Today
- Another Flaw in the Pietà?
- How to Carve a Figure in Marble
- Michelangelo Fell off the Scaffolding in the Sistine
Artwork by100swallows
How I learned to carve marble statues
Blog Stats
- 2,855,534 hits
Recent Comments
Blogroll
Archives
Tag Archives: frustration
Michelangelo’s Little Secret
What had gotten into Michelangelo that made him destroy this Pietà—a statue he had brought so far to completion? The Duomo Pietà or (Deposition) c. 155o 226 cm (89 in), in the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo, Fl0rence … Continue reading
Posted in aesthetics, art, art history, great artists, Michelangelo, Renaissance, sculpture
Tagged anger, destruction, frustration, Pietà, temper, unfinished work
8 Comments