The Pietà in French Late Gothic Sculpture

The Pietà in French Late Gothic Sculpture Regional Variations

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Publisher's Synopsis

The 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

Book information

ISBN: 9780870996818
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Imprint: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pub date:
DEWEY: 730.94409024
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 219
Weight: -1g