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The Bronze Horseman (Russian: Медный всадник, literally " copper horseman") is an equestrian statue of Peter the Great in the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It was opened to the public on 7 (18) August 1782. Commissioned by Catherine the Great, it was created by the French sculptor Étienne Maurice Falconet.
The Peter the Great Statue is a 98-metre-high (322 ft) monument to Peter the Great, located at the western confluence of the Moskva River and the Vodootvodny Canal in central Moscow, Russia. It was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which Peter the Great established.
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Origins: Nero, A Fisherman and the Great Fire The story of St. Peter’s Basilica goes all the way back to the time of the Emperor Nero, and the notorious fire that razed Rome to the ground in 64 AD. Seeking a scapegoat for a devastating inferno that he may well have started for his own ends, Nero hit upon the idea of blaming the eccentric and ...
Oct 21, 2019 · Photo: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain. In Christian art, a Pietà is any portrayal (particularly, a sculptural depiction) of the Virgin Mary holding the body of her son, Jesus. According to the bible, Jesus was crucified for claiming to be the son of God. Though Mary embracing her dead son is not explicitly mentioned in the holy ...
Feb 10, 2024 · Written By. The Pieta by Michelangelo is a masterpiece that holds profound meaning and importance in the realm of art. Created between 1498 and 1499, this iconic sculpture portrays the scene of Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless body of Jesus Christ after the crucifixion. The emotional intensity captured in this artwork speaks to the depths of ...
The Madonna della Pietà ( Italian: [pjeˈta]; 1498–1499), informally known as La Pietà, is a marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount Golgotha representing the "Sixth Sorrow" of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Michelangelo Buonarroti, now in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City. It is a key work of Italian Renaissance sculpture and often ...
Mar 26, 2018 · Picturing the Passion: ‘Pieta’ by Michelangelo. The most "perfect" block of marble becomes the embodiment of perfection itself. The term Pietà finds its roots in the Italian word for “pity ...
