Michelangelo's Florence Pietà

Preface 9 Introduction 17 I. CREATION AND HISTORY 1. Origin and Function 25 2. Subject, Content, and Form 33 3. The Destruction 59 4. The Reconstruction 75 5. The Pieta in Rome by Franca Trinchieri Camiz 99 6. The Pieta in Florence 109 7. Critical Reception 119 8. Michaelangelo and the Body of Christ: Religious Meaning in the Florence Pieta by Timothy Verdon 127 Notes to Part I 149