This is a trope about references to the Pietà of Michelangelo. That trope is a narrative device.
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I'd like to accuse this of being JAFAAC, since it's saying what the pieta is, not showing an actual example of this trope.
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Still, it lets people know what the pose is, which is important, and the same system as on Mona Lisa Smile, American Gothic Couple, Thinker Pose, "Nighthawks" Shot, and The Scream. I agree that showing the plagiarism would be good, though — if you've got suggestions for a collage, take them to Image Pickin'.
That was the amazing part. Things just keep going.
Oh. At any rate, I just posted this just to get some attention. I knew those reasons above from the start.
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Excuse me, but how do you get the accented "a"?
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Since other sculptors and artists had been producing Pietàs for at least 150 years before Michelangelo was even born, shouldn't the opening remarks here be rewritten somewhat? Especially as the resemblance between Michelangelo's specific versions and the examples is not always close enough to really warrant the word "plagiarism" instead of "conforming to the same general type"? Not every picture showing a group of men sitting around a table is lifted from Leonardo's "Last Supper" (although of course plenty of them are). In the case of the covers to Uncanny X-Men #136 and Crisis On Infinite Earths #7 one could also argue that they created a new template by integrating quite large numbers of other persons in the background.
Difference from Died in Your Arms Tonight?
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