Incredible craftsmanship #history #art #sculpture

[HistorybyMae]

List of sculptures:
1. Nymph by Giovanni Lombardi 1864
2. Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino 1753
3. David by Michelangelo 1501
4. Duke of Montausier by Louis-Philippe Mouchy in 1781
5. The Release from Deception by Francesco Queirolo 1759

[hert]

i will never get over how they are able to make marble, cold, rigid, unmoving, look so soft, gentle, flowing, TRANSPARENT

[aazhie]

For all the artists who feel discouraged. Not only did sculptors have so much time to work on these, they spent their lifetime learning and working. Basically eat, sleep, carve.
And a lot of the great masters had apprentices who did a lot of the hard and dirty work of prepping.And shaping and the masters did all the fine tuning!
It was collaborative work led by a professional, rather than every stroke from his hand.

[cosmic]

Imagine the amount of skill it requires to make a SOLID material look like it’s FLOWING. Holy sh*t.

[Bedbuggs]

Fun fact!: The David was made using poor marble which was the reason that many sculptors refused to work on it. The city officials who gave the work to Michelangelo were supposedly flabbergasted at how he made such a beautiful statue with the mediocre marble.

[moonycat]

Veiled Christ is a sculpture that I think about every now and then just because of how much I can't comprehend it. How do you even create such an accurate sense of transparency??

[lisathompson]

My grandmother saw David in Italy. It was a encased in all clear glass so you could see the whole body.
My gram said she stared at it for about an hour walking around & around the statue.
She said it was the most beautiful, detailed piece of art she had ever laid eyes on.

[shamiir]

I don't understand how a human can do this. It doesn't make sense. The net seems to be the most complicated of them all.

[BetterCallSaulllllll]

It BAFFLES me how so much talent and skill is and was on this earth. So many artists, painters, sculptors, etc. were able to create such gorgeous and beautiful masterpieces. Their ability to replicate natural and realistic life marvels me. I would have half the paintings and artworks mistaken for real photos if it weren’t disclosed they were artworks. People are so complex; their abilities, skills, and talents are all so unique and have their own specific contributions to history or society. This applies to everyone, whether it be past, present, or future. You all have a wonderful purpose.

[nazaxprime]

Tenacity is probably the most poetic of human traits.

[CrazyJodice]

I remember almost crying trying to set up my double stroller. And these amazing people made this. Proof that they were built different in that detail that lasted hundreds or thousands of years.

[ghostlywhispers]

Poor modern day sculptors, having to compete against all of this 😭😭

[jillette]

The tendons behind The David's knees were mindblowing. And Samothrace with the wet, wind-whipped cloth against her belly and leg is just incredible. How do they carve stone into such realistic masterpieces?!

[Bismuth]

Flowing water was the one i could have never imagined in stone work.
All the work is brilliant ❤

[im-Sara-Jayne.]

My husband is a fisherman, and the detail on the 🪢 knots of that net is unbelievable! Its all mind-blowing to me, and the lace collar just wow !!!❤

[consciousobserver]

This level of patience and skill are even rarer today in our fast-paced digital age. Absolutely breathtaking. 😮😊

[Totally-Not-A-Robot]

This kind of thing is why when people claim that the pyramids couldn't possibly have been built by ancient humans who didn't have power tools, or some other such nonsense, I just roll my eyes. Aside from the fact that the stoneworking techniques that were used back then can be explained _and_ replicated without the need for power tools, these were master craftspeople with incredible skill at a level most of us can only dream about.

[AvatarPrimus]

The release from deception is not a piece that stands out for its aesthetics, it is rigorous, cold and boring, but it is a masterpiece of marble carving due to that not so simple detail of the net, which is sublime .

[YaBoiSamF]

Cool thing about David, if you check out his arm with the way he’s flexing his hand, a small muscle pops on his forearm. That muscle only pops out when you have trained and flex the pinky. Lord what talent we lost, none compare.

[LuisAgroTech]

Ancient sculptures are sensational, it's incredible to stop and think that such a beautiful work was made in such an ancient time of humanity!