Pietà Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

I found this work of art in the church St. Remigius in the Old Town of Bonn. The construction of this outstanding church already began in 1275 and it was completet not until 1317. Here Beethoven's parents wedded and here the 10 years old genius accompanied the morning service with the organ.

This form of artwork, the Pietà - Mary, the mother of Jesus holding the dead body of her son - first was developed about the year 1300 in Germany and it reached Italy about 1400. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is called a Lamentation.
The most famous pietà - in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome - was sculptured by Michelangelo.

edouard_lauer, ellelloo, snunney, saxo042, Jakab has marked this note useful

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jasmis (49633) 2009-04-10 0:09

Interesting sculpture. Just proper for Good Friday. Suitable note, as well.
What about fasting? :)

Regards my dear friend.

edouard_lauer (1063) 2009-04-10 0:12

Hallo Frank,

schönes und passendes Foto für diesen Tag.

Ich wünsche dir noch frohe Ostern,
Edi

ellelloo (4654) 2009-04-10 3:18

Hallo Frank,
You have found a really beautiful work, which fits very well to the day. Thanks for the interesting note and the detail about the importance of the church in Beethoven's life. I got curious and searched the web to read more and found some articles.
Greetings from now warming up Espoo ( +8 °C today).
Lasse

snunney (34060) 2009-04-10 4:02

Hello Frank,
A fine capture of Mother and Child. A worthy celebration of the Easter season. The lighting is perfect. The details are well rendered with good colours and sharpness. Greetings from a damp and dull Charente-Maritime.

Guenther (6621) 2009-04-10 6:13

Hallo Frank,

nach einem so interessanten TE-Treffen wie das in Venedig, wo ich die Gelegenheit hatte viele TE-Mitglieder persönlich kennenzulernen, war ich die ganze Woche damit beschäftigt die Bilder der POVs, die ich selber gesehen hatte zu kommentieren und habe dabei fast vergessen, dass es ein TE über Venedig und Treviso hinaus auch noch gibt. Das sollte natürlich nicht sein...

Du hast für den heutigen Tag ein passendes Bild eines wunderschönen Kunstwerks ausgewählt. Die bunten Blumen passen sehr gut zum lang ersehnten und endlich angebrochenen Frühling!

Frohe Ostern
Günther

saxo042 (15102) 2009-04-10 7:38

Hi Frank,
A good contribution on this day and also a very good composition with the diagonal line through the picture. A very interesting note!
Happy Easter from Gothenburg, 16 degrees
Gunnar

Fransx (1453) 2009-04-10 13:31

Hello Frank,

A lovely Christian thought on this special day - Good Friday. A wonderful old piece of art well captured by you. Lighting and composition are fine.
Happy Easter and best regards.

Francis Xavier

Graal (57268) 2009-04-10 22:59

Guten morgen Frank,
good theme, adequate to Easter season. Interesting old sculpture. Good presentation. Well done photo.
Have a nice Easter!
Aleksander

chinchini (27305) 2009-04-11 4:09

Salut Frank,
Une image appropriée, à la Semaine Sainte, un peu à ma façon de célébrer les fêtes de Pâques.
C'est bien d'y avoir pensé.
"Frohe Ostern!" ou joyeuses Pâques, Bona Pasqua à toi également.
Ciao mon Ami
Pierre de Calvi sous un ciel gris et un temps doux

pablominto (39918) 2009-04-11 8:23

Hello Frank,

A very appropriate motif for the Holy Week!
Good documentary, colours are well reproduced with good details...
The image conveys the message effectively!

Greetings,
Pablo -

Jakab (3406) 2009-04-11 15:37

Hallo Frank,
niemand würde diese Statue mit dem Meisterstück von Michelangelo verwechseln. Und dazu noch die Blumen auf dem Postament...
Aber trotzdem, wenn auch die künstlerische Qualität nicht vergleichbar ist, ihre naive Aufrichtigkeit ist irgendwie herzergreifend.
Viele Grüße
László

COSTANTINO (22181) 2009-04-12 12:12

Hello Frank
thanks a lot for your useful notes,thanks for this photo showing the mother of Jesus holding the dead body of her son..
Excellent capture of that moment,excellent presentation
regards and greetings
Costantino