this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2026
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Trippin' Through Time

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[–] Quokka@quokk.au 93 points 3 days ago (5 children)
[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 18 points 3 days ago (2 children)

If I may make some slight adjustments...

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nice, but you forgot to tell us how old you are.

[–] ieGod@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Needs the wedding ring

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 26 points 3 days ago

i wish I had your talent

[–] Sv443@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 days ago

another innocent victim vitrified. when will it end?

[–] pressanykeynow@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

You look great.

[–] diffaldo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago
[–] Enkrod@feddit.org 50 points 3 days ago (2 children)

The ability of artists to make marble look soft and/or alive and/or see-through will never not completely floor me.

[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 21 points 2 days ago

Because you mentioned see-through-ness and the above images don't really showcase it, I'm just going to leave Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin here:

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Marble scatters and transmits light in a similar sort of way that flesh does

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

This is the 15 years of experience at the age of 25 the industry demand.

[–] GrindingGears@lemmy.ca 1 points 19 hours ago

10-15 years of using software thats only existed for six months...

[–] Art3mis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 3 days ago

That bernini detail is actually insane. Marble work blows my mind.

[–] Glitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 days ago

They didn't have porn, so getting good enough to justify the live models was a great motivator!

[–] saltnotsugar@lemmy.world 16 points 3 days ago

Medusa is out there seducing all the artists.

[–] orbitz@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

I don't know much about statues but I had to double check the 2nd one was real, like those conturves of the fingers look so awesome. I honestly have no idea what we can do with stone exactly.

Oh Bernili was done much more recently than I thought. Not that I don't think it's awesome for sure but they're like 500 years apart.

Still love seeing newer art, should include the full piece too for comparison. Still a nicely done piece.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 12 points 3 days ago

Packs of roaming gorgons used to be a real problem back in the day.

[–] sudo@programming.dev 10 points 3 days ago

They both in pic2

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

If I had to pick a stone to be for eternity though, marble ain't bad.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

They'll say the same thing about my MS Paint skills.

[–] Haaveilija@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Pain(t)ful to watch them be so good so early

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Eh, live fast die young leave a great-looking stone corpse!