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Pieta. Pietà (pyā tä ′ , pē ā ′ tä) noun a representation in painting, sculpture, etc. of Mary, the mother, grieving over the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion. Piety. pi·ety (pī ′ ə tē) noun pl. pieties -·ties devotion to religious duties and practices - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Pieta

Pietà (pyā tä′, pē ā′tä)nouna representation in painting, sculpture, etc. of Mary, the mother, grieving over the body of Jesus after the Crucifixion

Piety

• pi·ety (pī′ə tē)

• noun pl. pieties -·ties

• devotion to religious duties and practices

• loyalty and devotion to parents, family, etc.

• a pious act, statement, belief, etc

Critic

• Line, shape, color, texture, form, space

• Balance, movement, emphasis, unity, contrast, rhythm

Michaelangelo

"The American Pieta" Monumental Bronze Sculpture

by James Muir Bronze Sculptor

El Greco

German Pieta, 14th century

c. 1400Painted limestone, height 75 cm

Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich

Kordian Lewandowski, Game Over, 2008

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