250px-Nike_of_Samothrake_Louvre_Ma2369_n4.jpg (JPEG Image, 250x379 pixels) Trevi_Fountain,_Rome,_Italy_2_-_May_2007.jpg (JPEG Image, 3500x2325 pixels) - Scaled (27. Antinous. Antinous (also Antinoüs or Antinoös; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίνοος; 27 November, c. 111 – before 30 October 130[1]) was a Bithynian Greek youth and a favourite of the Roman emperor Hadrian.[2] He was deified after his death, although his exact status in the Roman pantheon was uncertain.[3] Little is known of Antinous' life, although it is known that he was born in Claudiopolis, in the Roman province of Bithynia.
He likely was introduced to Hadrian in 123, before being taken to Italy for a higher education. He had become the favourite of Hadrian by 128, when he was taken on a tour of the Empire as part of Hadrian's personal retinue. Biography[edit] Pietà (Michelangelo) Detail of Mary The structure is pyramidal, and the vertex coincides with Mary's head.
The statue widens progressively down the drapery of Mary's dress, to the base, the rock of Golgotha. The figures are quite out of proportion, owing to the difficulty of depicting a fully-grown man cradled full-length in a woman's lap. Much of Mary's body is concealed by her monumental drapery, and the relationship of the figures appears quite natural.