ABSTRACT
The juxtaposition here of Figure 3.1 and Figure 3.2 is symbolic of the main focus of this chapter. The characters in each image are the same, but they are identified in different ways. La Pietà1 is an iconic image which importantly is never referred to as ‘Mother and Child’; instead the mother is locked into a timeless state and is
Figure 3.2 La Pietà © British Museum
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represented as in the first image, as a young woman, whilst her son is depicted as a baby in the former and an adult male in the latter image.
