A groin vault<span> or groined </span>vault<span> (also sometimes known as a double barrel </span>vault<span> or cross </span>vault<span>) is produced by the intersection at right angles of two barrel </span>vaults. The word "groin<span>" refers to the edge between the intersecting </span>vaults<span>. Sometimes the arches of </span>groin vaults<span> are pointed instead of round</span>
<span>Michelangelo sculpt the mother figure in his Pieta as a young woman as it is an important work that balances the Renaissance ideals of classical beauty with naturalism.</span>
