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Sun Mar-28-10 05:08 PM
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Virtual Sistine Chapel. The ceiling is as beautiful as one |
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would expect, but the floor is worth a closer look. http://www.vatican.va/various/cappelle/sistina_vr/index.htmlUse your arrow keys to navigate.
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Sun Mar-28-10 05:15 PM
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How beautiful!
SO much to see, too...
Thank you so much for bringing this to us...
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Sun Mar-28-10 05:37 PM
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2. I'd love to visit it some day. |
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Sun Mar-28-10 10:21 PM
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6. Actually this is my favorite |
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It's a shrine inside a Baobab tree. It's outside Keren Eritrea. http://www.eritrea.be/old/eritrea-keren3.htmI visited over 40 years ago.
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Sun Mar-28-10 05:52 PM
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5. Amazing! Thank you! n/t |
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Sun Mar-28-10 10:24 PM
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7. i love things like this on teh internets, thanks!! nt |
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Sun Mar-28-10 10:40 PM
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8. And then there's this: |
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Sun Mar-28-10 10:41 PM
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9. the eyes are like blueberries, |
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Sun Mar-28-10 10:52 PM
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10. Blueberries are good antioxidants. Pop one out and taste it. |
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Sun Mar-28-10 11:12 PM
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i'd rather stick my finger in its maw
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Mon Mar-29-10 10:31 AM
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14. What did your finger do to deserve that. |
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Mon Mar-29-10 05:04 PM
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21. It wasn't the finger so much as the whole hand. |
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Sun Mar-28-10 11:03 PM
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11. I came into this thread fully prepared to issue some devilishly clever, snarky reply. |
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But then I clicked on the link.
Wow.
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Mon Mar-29-10 10:33 AM
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15. The day is young. Subthreads, snark and disrespect are OK. |
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Mon Mar-29-10 10:48 AM
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There oughta be a little virtual Michelangelo up there so you can use your pointer to knock him off the scaffolding.
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Mon Mar-29-10 01:01 PM
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19. And have him fall like that falling bush page, where he |
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Sun Mar-28-10 11:40 PM
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Edited on Sun Mar-28-10 11:40 PM by fishwax
Thanks for sharing it. :thumbsup:
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Mon Mar-29-10 10:51 AM
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17. Hit the TAB key to get the guide lines for viewing each section. |
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Mon Mar-29-10 11:04 AM
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18. Cool. Very impressive. nt |
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Mon Mar-29-10 08:07 PM
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23. Didn't work for me. I couldn't navigate with the arrow keys. So it was |
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really frustrating cause I couldn't see the actual ceiling paintings.
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Mon Mar-29-10 09:11 PM
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25. Click and Drag with your mouse |
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Mon Mar-29-10 08:30 PM
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24. Spectacular. Thanks for posting. |
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I never tire of the amazing artwork in the churches, castles, chateaux of Europe. There are no words to adequately describe the talent of Michelangelo.
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Tue Mar-30-10 09:05 AM
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26. Thanks!1 Hope you x-post it where it can be K&R-ed!1 |
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Am sending it in e-mails saying, something to forget the current occupant with.
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Tue Mar-30-10 10:39 AM
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27. If you want to post it to GD, please do. My name on the OP |
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Tue Mar-30-10 11:01 AM
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28. It's a fantastic piece of art, absolutely a vital piece of Western culture, but |
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the Sistine Chapel is a terrible place to hold a Mass since the setting overwhelms everything else and would tends to isolate the individual worshippers. In other words, preserve the chapel as a work of art, butdon't take it as any sort of a model for new churches!
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Tue Mar-30-10 11:16 AM
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29. It was probably more for the ego of the patron than for worship. |
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Tue Mar-30-10 11:33 AM
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Edited on Tue Mar-30-10 11:34 AM by hedgehog
:hi: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/185881/1/Pope-Julius-II-Ordering-Bramante,-Michelangelo-And-Raphael-To-Construct-The-Vatican-And-St.-Peters,-1827-2.jpgHorace Vernet : Pope Julius II ordering Bramante, Michelangelo and Raphael to construct the Vatican and St. Peters, 1827 The marble tomb of Pope Julius II It's too bad the current occupants seem to have the same attitudes!
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Tue Mar-30-10 11:55 AM
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31. All that religious stuff is so foreign to me. I appreciate |
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talent, but hate to see it used in the service of the powerful. But that's the only way many artist could survive.
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Tue Mar-30-10 12:33 PM
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32. As someone who is very familiar with that religious stuff, |
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while I appreciate the frescoes as an assistance to private meditation, I regret the Sistine Chapel being used as a model for communal prayer spaces. It has led to distortions in the meaning and practice of liturgy.
Boy, when I set my mind to it, i can really sling the shit with the best of them, can't I? :evilgrin:
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Tue Mar-30-10 12:45 PM
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35. And DU is the perfect place to practice the craft. |
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Tue Mar-30-10 12:40 PM
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33. I noticed there're too many naked little boys around old men on the ceiling |
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it must have gone on for centuries.
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Tue Mar-30-10 12:42 PM
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34. I have actually been there and it is fantastic and almost overwhelming to behold |
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thank you for posting the link!
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Sun Apr-04-10 11:58 PM
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36. Your're welcomed. Ever notice the Delphic Sibyl has six toes? |
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