雕塑：圣殇（Pieta）

                
                
作者：Michelangelo 年代：1498-99年
以下内容翻译自 Daily Art，英文原作者：Tony
米开朗基罗可能是历史上最具革命性的艺术家。他在绘画、雕塑、建筑上都有独一无二的造诣。在他整个艺术生涯中，他重新定义了艺术实践本身。他反对艺术家顺着教皇和赞助商的强权进行创作，艺术家应该创造自己思想中的艺术。
米开朗基罗的这座大理石杰作圣殇，向我们展示了一个24岁的年轻人如何迫切的想要向世人展示他能达到的境界。他将玛丽刻画成一个年轻的女人，甚至比她怀中的孩子还年轻，在当时，这是很具争议的决定。这种处理也显示了米开朗基罗对圣洁的理解。
在这个场景中，玛丽的另一只手充满魅力，好像在说，“这是我最疼爱的孩子，而他把自己奉献给了人类”。米开朗基罗面对的另一个挑战是刻画裸体的没有生命迹象的基督至高无上的骨骼，在玛丽托起他的身体时让我们感觉到他身体的重量。
据说米开朗基罗花了一年的时间完成这座雕像，它是迄今为止最美的大理石雕像，如今陈列在罗马。世界上没有一位大师能做出比这个更好的作品。
英文原文：
Michelangelo is possibly the most revolutionary artist in history.He stands alone as a master of painting,sculpture and architecture.Throughout his career he re-defined the practice of art itself.He clashed with popes and patrons promoting the idea that it was the artist rather than the lord behind the creative force.
The pieta,Michelangelo's marble masterpiece shows us how the brash young man of twenty four was anxious to show the world he can achieve.His controversial decision at the time in depicting Mary as a young woman,even younger than the child she supports,was to show how he interpreted the purity of the virgin.Her other hand is inviting us to the scene,as is to say this is my beloved child who offered himself for the sake of mankind.Michelangelo was also faced with a challenge in depicting the Christ dead naked figure with very unrivaled anatomy that let us feel the weight of his body as Mary is supporting him.
The said Michelangelo will make this work within one year,and...it will be the most beautiful marble that there is today in Rome,and no other living master will do better.