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Feb262013

Michelangelo Sculpture Heads to Jail

DateTuesday, February 26, 2013 at 12:12PM

“La Pietà Rondanini is to be temporarily installed in a Milanese prison”Michelangelo Buonarroti - Pietà Rondanini (DETAIL) - 1552-64 (click photo for larger image)

Michelangelo Buonarroti - Pietà Rondanini (unfinished) - 1552-64 - Marble, height 195 cm - Castello Sforzesco, Milan (click photo for larger image)“Michelangelo’s great unfinished sculpture, La Pietà Rondanini, which the artist worked on from around 1552 until his death in 1564, is being temporarily relocated to the Carcere di San Vittore, a Milanese jail.”

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Needless to say, art historians are NOT happy about this development. The Pietà Rondanini is one of my very favorite sculptures by this extraordinary artist. It’s pathos and expressiveness are deeply moving--and are as modern as any modern artist could produce. It has always been described as “unfinished” since Michelangelo was working on it at the end of his life. In my opinion, however, it IS finished--and it’s perfect, just as it is.

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