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"title": "Master/Apprentice: Imitation and Inspiration in the Renaissance",
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"description": "The piet\u00e0\u2014a scene of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ\u2014was a traditional subject for sculpture in Northern Europe. Michelangelo\u2019s sculpted Piet\u00e0 of 1498 brought the composition to Italy and infused it with the idealism of classical sculpture. His contemporary, Raphael, designed this version of the scene two decades later, which was then engraved by Marcantonio Raimondi. It builds upon Michelangelo\u2019s sculpted version but focuses on Mary\u2019s statuesque pose and her intense expression of grief. The dead Christ\u2014still idealized and classical in form\u2014is laid before her rather than held in her lap.",
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"citation": "Amodei, Tito. La Passione di Gesu\u0300 nell'arte Italiana. Teramo: Palumbi, 2017.",
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