The Pieta is the most detailed and finished of his important carvings, a work that repays the closest inspection.

《 圣母怜子像》是他那些重要作品中最精细最完美的一件，值得全心投入地去细致观察。

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How can TEMPEST or MISSILE COMMAND compare with Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, Michelangelo's Pieta, or Hemingway's a Farewell To Arms?

《暴风》与《冰封王座》能与贝多芬的《第五交响曲》、米开朗基罗的《圣母怜子图》、海明威的《永别了，武器》相比？

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So, Pynchon is using that religious vocabulary: not just the religious imagery of the Pieta, but the religious vocabulary of the capitalized Word.

这个宗教的词语：,不仅仅是圣像雕塑，还有这个大写的“Word“

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And the image is much more specifically of Michelangelo's Pieta.

这一幕像极了米开朗基罗的圣母哀子像。

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It was staged in aid of Pieta House, a suicide and self-harm awareness charity.

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Hancock's tune, "Cantelope Island, " is featured on "Pieta, " and Nascimento performs it with his signature wordless vocals.

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In 2011 he started Shiftgig with Jeff Pieta and Sean Casey to connect job seekers with employers in restaurants, hotels and nightlife.

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