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Michelangelo’s Madonna della Pietà
When you sojourn to St. Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City, you will cast your eyes on a Michelangelo masterpiece. The Madonna della Pietà took 23-year-old Michelangelo just nine months to sculpt from one piece of Carrara marble. This five-foot by six-foot sculpture portrays Mary, the mother of Jesus, holding her Son’s body just after He was taken off the cross. Michelangelo’s masterpiece portrays the sixth in the “Seven Sorrows of Mary.”
As you examine Michelangelo’s artistic interpretation of Jesus in the arms of his mother, you are seeing a snapshot of a painful moment in time.
Galileo: Great Scientist and Accused Heretic
Along the Arno River in Florence, Italy, stands the Museo Galileo, honoring Galileo Galilei (1564–1642), the father of modern science. But being the patriarch of physics pales in comparison to his dogged opposition to the pope when facts collided with “faith.”
Sistine Chapel
Even if you’ve never visited Rome, the Sistine Chapel inside the Vatican Palace may have a familiar feel. This 13th-century chapel, built to the dimensions of Solomon’s Temple (1 Kings 6), is where cardinals meet to elect a new pope. It also houses some of the most famous and widely reproduced painted scenes known to man.
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