Pieta

Myles likes to call all the Pieta-themed art we see, whether sculptures or paintings, "Jesus Fell Down." The first time he saw a Pieta composition in a painting at the Carnedie, he was surprised. Something about Jesus not being on the cross was something he hadn't thought about, and so he figured that Jesus must have fallen off. Sometimes he'll add as a comment, too, "And everyone is sad."


John Kane's Pieta, in Oakland (Pitt campus on the left, Carnegie Tech--now Carnegie-Mellon--on the right, St. Paul's Cathedral in the middle).