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The ''Pietà'' ((:pjeˈta *)) is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the ''Lamentation of Christ'', a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the ''Life of Christ''. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly called a ''Lamentation'' in English, although ''Pietà'' is often used for this as well, and is the normal term in Italian. ==Context and development== Pietà is one of the three common artistic representations of a sorrowful Virgin Mary, the other two being ''Mater Dolorosa'' (Mother of Sorrows) and ''Stabat Mater'' (here stands the mother).〔Arthur de Bles, 2004 ''How to Distinguish the Saints in Art by Their Costumes, Symbols and Attributes'' ISBN 1-4179-0870-X page 35〕〔Anna Jameson, 2006 ''Legends of the Madonna: as represented in the fine arts'' ISBN 1-4286-3499-1 page 37〕 The other two representations are most commonly found in paintings, rather than sculpture, although combined forms exist.〔E.g. see Noël Quillerier's at Oratorio della Nunziatella〕 The Pietà developed in Germany (where it is called the "Vesperbild") about 1300, reached Italy about 1400, and was especially popular in Central European Andachtsbilder.〔G Schiller, ''Iconography of Christian Art, Vol. II'',1972 (English trans from German), Lund Humphries, London, pp. 179-181, figs 622-39, ISBN 0-85331-324-5〕 Many German and Polish 15th-century examples in wood greatly emphasise Christ's wounds. The Deposition of Christ and the ''Lamentation'' or ''Pietà'' form the 13th of the Stations of the Cross, as well as one of the Seven Sorrows of the Virgin. Although the Pietà most often shows the Virgin Mary holding Jesus, there are other compositions, including those where God the Father participates in holding Jesus (see gallery below). In Spain the Virgin often holds up one or both hands, sometimes with Christ's body slumped to the floor. The subject of the pieta has been a subject on the Radio Four programme "Something Understood". The composition has also been adopted in funerary architecture, in its original concept, but occasionally in an adapted form as in Joseph Whitehead's "Mother and Son", erected in Woodside Cemetery, Paisley, Scotland as a monument to a soldier killed in WWI. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pietà」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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