The impeccable craftsmanship, substantial scale, triangular arrangement (paying homage to Michelangelo's Pieta) and important use of gold in the piece references Medieval and Early Modern spiritual statues. As Koons observed, "I needed to develop him in an exceptionally god-like icon manner. But I normally favored the radicality of Michael Jackson;

Throughout the 6th century Greek sculpture produced rapidly, becoming far more naturalistic, and with a lot more Lively and assorted figure poses in narrative scenes, while still within idealized conventions. Sculptured pediments have been extra to temples, such as the Parthenon in Athens, where the stays in the pediment of close to 520 making use