Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Pietà

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Pietà
Alternate Title: 
Vesperbild
Image View: 
Overall view from the front
Creator: 
unknown (German sculptor)
Location: 
repository: Museo Civico di Palazzo dei Consoli (Gubbio, Umbria, Italy)
Location Note: 
Piazza Grande
GPS: 
+43.353333+12.578333
Date: 
15th century (creation)
Cultural Context: 
German
Style Period: 
Late Gothic
Work Type 1: 
figurine
Work Type 2: 
sculpture (visual work)
Classification: 
Sculpture and Installations
Material: 
painted terracotta
Technique: 
modeling (forming)
Subjects: 
New Testament; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description: 
The Pietà theme developed in Germany (where it is called the "Vesperbild") about 1300, reached Italy about 1400 and was especially popular in Central European Andachtsbilder (devotional images designed as aids for prayer). The term was first devised for a group of mainly sculptural subjects, including the Pietà. Andachtsbilder have a strong emphasis on the grief and suffering of Christ. (Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
7A3-RE-PCG-P-A01
Rights: 
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