Michelangelo Buonarotti was one of the key figures of the Italian Renaissance and art history. Equally gifted as a painter ...

I saw the Pieta for the third time last summer ... I believed I understood the expression on Mary’s face, and I knew it was no mistake. Michelangelo was simply portraying the transcendent ...

This guest essay reflects the views of Ruth D. Nelson, and is excerpted from her book "Our Lady of the World's Fair: Bringing Michelangelo's "Pietà" to Queens in 1964." The 1964–1965 New York ...

The plan is to remove an exact marble replica of Michelangelo’s Pieta — which depicts the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother, Mary, after the crucifixion — from St. Adalbert Church ...

created a one-of-a kind art masterpiece — a pure silver version of The Pieta. The statue was made using waxes from the plaster molds taken off Michelangelo’s masterpiece in 1932.