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Definition of Pieta

Pieta
Pieta Pi*e*t[`a]" (p[-e]*[asl]*t[aum]"), n. [It.] (Fine Arts) A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels. --Mollett.

Meaning of Pieta from wikipedia

- The Pietà (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]; meaning "pity", "comp****ion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the...
- The Pietà (Madonna della Pietà Italian: [maˈdɔnna della pjeˈta]; "[Our Lady of] Pity"; 1498–1499) is a Carrara marble sculpture of Jesus and Mary at Mount...
- Jesus. Pietà or Pieta may also refer to: Pietà (Southern German, Cloisters), a German wooden sculpture Pietà (Michelangelo), a marble sculpture Pietà (Titian)...
- Pieta Brown (born 1973) is a critically acclaimed American singer-songwriter, artist, producer, and multi-instrumentalist who has released eight albums...
- Pietas (classical Latin: [ˈpiɛtaːs]), translated variously as "duty", "religiosity" or "religious behavior", "loyalty", "devotion", or "filial piety" (English...
- On 21 May 1972, Michelangelo's Pietà statue in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, was attacked by Laszlo Toth, a Hungarian geologist who believed he...
- Santa (also known as Sanza or Samaritana) della Pietà (fl. ca. 1725 – ca. 1750, died after 1774) was an Italian singer, composer, and violinist. She grew...
- Pietà (Korean: 피에타) is a 2012 South Korean crime thriller film written and directed by Kim Ki-duk. It depicts the mysterious relationship between a brutal...
- Pietà (Maltese: Tal-Pietà) is a small harbour town in the Eastern Region of Malta, located near the outskirts of the capital city Valletta. The name Tal-Pietà...
- The Ospedale della Pietà was a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice. Like other Venetian ospedali, the Pietà was first established as a ho****e...