The Pietà in French Late Gothic Sculpture: Regional VariationsThe image of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ in her lap caught the popular imagination in Europe in the 15th and 16th centuries. Forsyth, Curator Emeritus of Medieval Art at The Metropolitan Museum, surveys 167 Pieta sculptures, examining the image's rise, spread, and significance and focusing on the intriguingly diverse depictions of the Virgin's emotional state, as well as other distinctive regional variations. In addition, written sources of the Pieta image and its references in mystical writings are discussed. A catalogue provides summary information about some 1,250 Pietas. Includes 200 bandw illustrations and five maps. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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altar André Marsat Aube Aveyron Baudoin Bellac Besançon Bévotte bibl Bordeaux Burgundy Chalon-sur-Saône Champagne chapel château Christ's body Christ's head Christ's legs Church 16th century Church Early 16th church of Notre-Dame church of Saint Church of Saint-Martin Church of Saint-Pierre Cloulas-Brousseau 1976 coat of arms corbel Corrèze Côte-d'Or Courtesy Caisse Nationale Courtesy Msgr Courtesy Musées David detail of Figure Dijon donor drapery Early 16th century Forsyth France Grivot half of 16th Haute-Marne Haute-Saône Haute-Vienne Hees Hofmann Jean John and Mary Late 15th century lifesize Marne Marsat Mary Magdalene Méras Meurthe-et-Moselle Mid-16th century modern paint Montbard Montbard Church Montluçon Monuments Historiques Morel-Payen Musée des Beaux-Arts Nancy Nationale des Monuments Neufchâteau niche painted stone painted wood Paris Fig Photo Pietà quarter of 16th Rézé-Huré Rodez Roudié Saint-Nizier Saône-et-Loire sculpture traces of paint transept Troyes Troyes Church Troyes Fig Vesoul Virgin's head Vosges Zanettacci 1954