Michelangelo rsquo s works explored many facets of the life of Jesus yet one of the most poignant was also one of the most simple In the s he sketched a pieta a picture of Jesus rsquo mother holding the body of the dead Christ for his friend Vittoria Colonna Done in chalk the drawing depicts Mary looking to the heavens as she cradles her Son rsquo s still form Rising behind Mary the upright beam of the cross carries these words from Dante rsquo s Paradise ldquo There they don t think of how much blood it costs rdquo [... more]