I love discoouvering 'new' old masterpieces.

[applegrove]

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[MLAA]

1. Exquisite!

[stopdiggin]

13. +1. exactly the word I wanted to use! -(nt)-

[LakeArenal]

2. Saw one like that in the Kiera Knightly movie version of Pride and Prejudice.

It was amazing.

[IcyPeas]

3. know what I wonder.....

do they do a few tests first, like draft sculptures? then do the actual masterpiece? Or do you think this was a first time try? It boggles my mind how a sculptor even thinks something like this is possible. Do you know what I mean?

It's just stunning.

[applegrove]

4. I know. I always wonder how impressionist painters painted

up close when some of the paintings can only be properly viewed when you take some steps back. Then I took an interior design course and one teacher judged each of our decor story boards in October for two minutes..... she did not take them home ....... then in December gave us our marks and told each of us in the class what she liked about our design on each of our boards.... two months later with nothing to que her. I knew then I was not worthy.

[pecosbob]

5. Step back or squint

I used to do stipple work in india ink on large 30 x 40 portraits. Sometimes I was amazed to see things spring to life from blank paper.

[applegrove]

8. Takes talent to do that. Never thought of squinting. That gives

me chills too.

[IcyPeas]

10. That's true, I was taught about squinting in art class to bring the picture together, so to speak..

[pecosbob]

6. Many (most) do studies first in various spontaneous media such as ink, watercolor or pastels, etc.

Some of the Rembrandt's coolest works are his character studies in small pen and ink drawings.

In this case the artist may have had access to this sculpture of St. Theresa in Rome by Bernini...



It never ceases to amaze me how marble can come to life.

[applegrove]

15. Artists do borrow from each other. Thanks.

[c-rational]

7. Wow, thanks for posting.

[keithbvadu2]

9. Magnificent! Pure artistic skill/talent.

Pure artistic skill/talent.

Translucent cloth made of stone.

Even to think of it and then accomplish it.

[IcyPeas]

12. "Translucent cloth made of stone" it's so contradictory, isn't it?

[Trueblue Texan]

11. That's amazing...

Thank you for sharing with us!

[3catwoman3]

14. Truly amazing.

It looks as if it should feel soft if you touched it.