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Definition of Pieta

Pieta
Pieta Pi*e*t[`a]" (p[-e]*[asl]*t[aum]"), n. [It.] (Fine Arts) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels. --Mollett.

Meaning of Pieta from wikipedia

- The Pietà (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]; meaning "pity", "comp****ion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the...
- The Pietà (Madonna della Pietà Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; "[Our Lady of] Pity"; 1498–1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount...
- Jesus. Pietà or Pieta may also refer to: Pietà (Southern German, Cloisters), a German wooden sculpture Pietà (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture Pietà (Titian)...
- Pieta Brown (born 1973) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has released eight albums...
- Pietas (classical Latin: [ˈpiɛtaːs]), translated variously as "duty", "religiosity" or "religious behavior", "loyalty", "devotion", or "filial piety" (English...
- geologist. He achieved worldwide notoriety when he vandalised Michelangelo's Pietà statue on 21 May 1972. He was not charged with a criminal offence after...
- Pietà is an oil painting of 1876 by the French artist William-Adolphe Bouguereau, depicting the Pietà. It is in the collection of the Dallas Museum of...
- Santa (also known as Sanza or Samaritana) della Pietà (fl. ca. 1725 – ca. 1750, died after 1774) was an Italian singer, composer, and violinist. A foundling...
- della Pietà is an Italian surname, and may refer to: Agata della Pietà (circa 1800), Italian composer, singer, and teacher Michielina della Pietà (circa...
- The Rondanini Pietà is a marble sculpture that Michelangelo worked on from 1552 until the last days of his life, in 1564. Several sources indicate that...