El cadáver humano en el arte y la bioética: la Pietà Rondanini de Miguel Ángel

• Gustavo Figueroa ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidad de Valparaíso

     Universidad de Valparaíso

     Valparaíso, Chile

     
• Localización: Revista Médica de Chile, ISSN-e 0034-9887, Vol. 144, Nº. 2, 2016, págs. 241-246
• Idioma: español
• Títulos paralelos:
  • The human corpse in arts and bioethics: Michelangelo´s Pietà Rondanini
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  • According to bioethics, life is a fundamental but not an absolute good. Therefore the value of a person resides in being alive, no matter in which state such person is. The concept of brain death is legally and ethically accepted as the definition of death. In artworks, human beings are revealed as they are. Michelangelo’s Pietà Rondanini captures and captures what a human corpse is, in its most intimate appearance. The artist boldly reveals its essence.