Given the context of patronage great painters and sculptors historically thrived in, it’s no wonder many masterpieces followed from religious exultation. Among them, undoubtedly, is Pietà, this embodiment of mother’s grief after the loss of her child.

December 2019 took Æ Academic to the University of Wrocław, Poland, where we shared our experiences on preparing audio descriptions of fine arts masterpieces for the blind audience in the US.