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 World’s ...

The iconic sculpture’s journey from the Vatican to the 1964 World’s Fair in New York was a monumental feat of faith and logistics. The book cover of ‘Our Lady of the World’s Fair’ by Ruth D. Nelson, ...

The theme of Christ’s death followed Michelangelo through his whole life. Beauty and goodness, and grief and pity, alive in the dead marble,” began a poem by one spectator awestruck by Michelangelo’s ...

The architect and Theatine priest Guarino Guarini, from Modena – one of the greatest protagonists of European Baroque – made his debut with a theatrical text, La Pietà Trionfante, 1660, neglected by ...