Michelangelo, perhaps more than any other sculptor, was obsessed with marble. He spent months searching the hills of Carrara near Pisa for marble blocks from which he could help sculptural shapes...

Michelangelo, perhaps more than any other sculptor, was obsessed with marble. He spent months searching the hills of Carrara near Pisa for marble blocks from which he could help sculptural shapes emerge. Something of his love for marble, perhaps, is revealed in this Pietà. Do you perceive this?