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La Pieta
Italian Renaissance.org ^ | 1498-1500 AD | Michaelangelo

Posted on 04/15/2022 11:38:57 AM PDT by MurphsLaw




TOPICS: Catholic
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; lapieta; michelangelo; pieta; renaissance; sculpture
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To: SunkenCiv
Whatever happened to Laszlo Toth, the man who smashed Michelangelo’s Pieta in 1972?

Now that was fascinating -- and the comments are a hoot!

21 posted on 04/16/2022 8:54:33 AM PDT by Albion Wilde (If science can’t be questioned, it’s not science anymore, it’s propaganda. --Aaron Rodgers)
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To: Albion Wilde

Yeah, what a bunch of maroons. ;^)

Looks like the nutty POS has been dead almost ten years, and good riddance:

http://www.heavenaddress.com/Laszlo-Toth/419863/


22 posted on 04/16/2022 8:57:57 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: MurphsLaw

It’s beauty is unmatched.
I have seen it several times in St. Peter’s.
Each time I am overwhelmed.

It amazes me that folks like him could imagine such beauty in a filthy world of swirling stench, crap and disease.


23 posted on 04/16/2022 7:03:31 PM PDT by Adder (Proud member of the FJBLGB community: /s is implied where applicable.)
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To: Paal Gulli
Not for nothing,, It doesn't follow that Michelangelo would have been mocked for vanity... if of all his lifes work he only signed ONE piece of art. A vain person would make sure to sign everything...
And if I hold my left hand just like Pieta Mary's hand, the crease folds of my palm also form a visible letter "M" as well- so I don't think that's verifiable evidence of a personal sort of inscription...
Now he did paint himself into paintings, that is true- but he also painted others, contemporaries of his back in the day, into his paintings as well- some flattering, others not so much...
Genius, no doubt though.
24 posted on 04/16/2022 9:02:22 PM PDT by MurphsLaw (“every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.")
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To: metmom
A Blessed Happy Easter to You!

I couldn't make out the clip you posted as well.
maybe it was politics...or religious...
I wonder, as people just don't realize hiw bad the Catholic and Protestant relationship was back then..
(Hence Vat2)
Kennedy wasn't President anymore, so Vatican involvement
would have been less obtrusive I would think-
I would never come to know much of my mother's side of the family - as they pretty much disowned my mother after she married a Catholic man back then.
and not the my fathers Catholic family were overjoyed with his choice either. So there was tension on that front for sure... And maybe "Outcry" was a little sensationalized intention as well to sell tickets!...
Though, If you ever do get a chance to visit Rome... 😉
25 posted on 04/16/2022 9:38:14 PM PDT by MurphsLaw (“every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.")
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To: spankalib

I saw it too. It was beautiful.


26 posted on 04/16/2022 11:39:17 PM PDT by jmacusa (America. Founded by geniuses. Now governed by idiots. )
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To: MurphsLaw

I was able to enlarge it enough on my iPad to make out the article.

Apparently it was set in a sterile looking room with harsh blue lights and people thought the overall effect did nothing positive for the sculpture.

Plus, they had a slow moving beltway that took people past to keep the crowds moving, which I honestly could see the need for. I have no doubt some people would linger there for hours tying up the exhibit otherwise.


27 posted on 04/17/2022 6:00:13 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith…)
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Pursuant to what Albion Wilde said in #20.

https://pixels.com/featured/michelangelos-david-matt-macmillan.html


28 posted on 04/17/2022 9:23:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: metmom
Thanks for checking !
But that was it? sheesh... Hardly would call that an "outcry"...
thought it might be something a bit more "juicier" back then...

I guess I can understand though- one can get excited to see something- then be flatly disappointed...
I had that going through the Louvre some years ago...
Started out good, building up anticipation to see the Mona Lisa -
then- ugh..let down.
Standing 25 feet away, jostling in a crowd to see a small picture on the wall - what a bust...
not a highlight, to be sure.
29 posted on 04/19/2022 7:03:30 AM PDT by MurphsLaw (“every idle word that men shall speak, they shall render an account for it in the day of judgment.")
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