What Does Michelangelo Represent In The Pieta

Michelangelo’s sculpture, “The Pieta” is an interesting piece. It is a sculpture of Virgin Mary taking her son Jesus off of the cross. A French cardinal named Jean de Billheres commissioned Michelangelo to make the Pieta for his funeral, so he may be remembered. His job description was to make, “The most beautiful work of marble in Rome, one that no living artist could better.” Michelangelo ended up carving the Pieta from a single slab of Carrara marble, despite his mistakes. Look closely at the statue, and you would see that Mary’s head is too small for her large body. This is because Michelangelo would have no support for carving Jesus if the base was too small, so he made Mary larger than she should be. He covered up his ‘poetic license’