redundant2:bogleech:livefromtheelephantsfoot:callmejoey:gohth: not to be a nerd but it’s so cr
redundant2:bogleech:livefromtheelephantsfoot:callmejoey:gohth: not to be a nerd but it’s so crazy how he (Bernini) really did that from cold hard stone……. truly a spectacle, truly breathtaking, an honor to behold I think you should know he was 23 when he finished this and the ass gets a lot of attention but the hand on Persepina’s side/tummy is also exquisite before i saw the caption I knew that HAD to be bernini.I try not to make sweeping statements but I think there’s a case to be made for bernini as the greater sculptor there’s ever been.here’s his bust of costanza bonarellihere’s apollo and daphne from the front, where she’s mostly humanfrom the back, where she’s mostly treeand details this is the one art form I genuinely just cannot get my brain to accept as real. I’ve watched sped-up videos of it being done, read about it, seen in-progress marble statues and I still just can’t get it to sink in or stick. My mind doesn’t want to believe that any person has ever been able to start with a big block and break little bits off of it until it looks like a finely detailed person. At some point it has no recognizable shape and they still know where and how deep they should take a chip out of it that’ll still be the right decision 50,000 fucking chips later?!? I love Bernini. This is just awe-inspiring! One of the greatest treasures and honors in my life has been to see so many of Bernini’s works in real life. I have had a blessed life. My gosh… I had this search and he has been a wonder in it. I have cried in the wonder and I mean that. The only other sculpture who made me cry of course was Michelangelo. Goes without saying. Thank you God. Thank you angels. For my life. I rocked it. As did these artists. Long may the beauty be.P.S. I lied. The most important statue I ever saw was the Winged Victory of Samothrace in the Louvre. I dreamt of seeing it my entire childhood. It is glorious and I had a meltdown on beholding it. In those days… early 1980′s you entered on the long hallway leading to the stairs. It all the sudden showed itself at the top of the stairs. It was the biggest moment of my life. There is no artwork for me more beautiful or important. It means everything to me the times I spent near it. May it never be destroyed. Thank you to our heavens for treasures such as she. -- source link