David Breihan
Four Subtraction Woman shown above and "The Pieta" shown to the right are the works of David Breihan
An Austin Texas area artist with quite an unusual brush. He is varied in style and range and crosses many boundary lines in a mixed media arena.
David is an accomplished metal sculptor with works on permanant display in public areas of New York and other private collections.
You can reach David at : 1312 Perez, Austin, TX 78721
The Rondanini Pieta
Here are Michelangelo's last words concerning his final masterpiece:
"the course of my life has finally reached In its fragile boat, over stormy seas
The common port where we must account For all our past actions. No painting or
sculpture can quiet my soul, Now turned to the Divine Love that opens To embrace
me in His arms." "For ten years of sleepless nights, I've been designing a Pieta.
The body of our Lord was too heavy with death to be held up by his old Mother.
His head...too earthy with matter, too real...so I cut away the Lord's head and
shoulders, leaving only his arm as a model for a new one, and carved a new head
from the Virgin's shoulder. He backs inward to fuse with his Mother's body, as
she bends forward to raise him up. Mother and Son, the Living and the Dead,
become One - Death becomes a Resurrection."
now in his seventies, he was still working on this group in 1553
Michelangelo did the marble Pietà (1498-1500), still in its original place in Saint Peter's Basilica.
One of the most famous works of art, the Pieta was probably finished before Michelangelo was 25 years old.
The youthful Mary is shown seated majestically, holding the dead Christ across her lap, a theme borrowed
from northern European art. Instead of revealing extreme grief, Mary is restrained, and her expression is one of resignation.
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Pietà (follow the Early Life link)
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