Pietà
Pietà
representation of sorrowing Virgin with dead Christ. [Art: Hall, 246]
Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Pietà
an art term designating the representation of Mary mourning over the body of Christ.
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