21st May 1972, Hammer attack on Michelangelo's Pietà in the Vatican (manortiz)

On May 21, 1972, Michelangelo's Pietà in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was damaged by a deranged vandal using a hammer. This short film is heartbreaking as it shows the damage done to an exquisite work of art. There is something sublime about the beauty of a work of art. There is also a sickening melancholic feeling at the destruction of such a work.