Since its creation in 1499, Michelangelo’s Pietà has inspired emotion, faith, and imitation through its elegant depiction of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Yet few know ... was popular in Northern ...

She is most often depicted in a queen-like posture, holding the infant Jesus ... Michelangelo was of his time and place, and that cultural context is reflected in his painting on the ceiling ...

There are plenty of standout moments in this tight, enterprising exhibition, which reconstructs what happened when three “titans” of the Italian Renaissance briefly overlapped in Republican Florence ...