pieta
during a time when emotional appeal and realism was important in religious sculpture, the pieta (which means õpityö) was designed to serve private devotion. It became a contemplation image.
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Pieta : Artwork or sculpture which portrays the Virgin Mary cradling the lifeless body of Christ upon her lap.
Relic : A sacred object venerated because of its association to a martyr or saint, in certain instances, remains of the saint.
For the Emperors of the early empire, their "pietas", exemplified by their construction of temples and altars, linked them with their ancestral traditions.
 See also: Roman, Architecture, Member, Church, Altar
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