A masterpiece of art

[MissHoneychurch]

[Hugin]

1. Yep... I can't imagine sculpting fabric in stone.

I guess you carve away anything which doesn't look like a bedsheet.

[MissHoneychurch]

3. Did you ever see any of Dürer's woodcuts?

it is breathtaking how he could sketch the fabrics

[tjwmason]

2. Stabat Mater dolorosa, juxta crucem lacrimosa.

An image of such tenderness.

[MissHoneychurch]

4. Her face is really soft

I am amazed every time again

[tjwmason]

5. It is quite incredible how he transformed

hard, unmoving marble into soft active images.

[MissHoneychurch]

7. Yes

Michelangelo was a genius with marble.

[jpgray]

6. I'd pick that Mary for basketball

[Fenris]

18. Mary Chamberlain.

:D

[In_The_Wind]

8. It is beautiful.

:)

[Bridget Burke]

9. Sammartino's "Il Cristo Velato" also shows supreme skill with marble.

Although it lacks the tender feeling of the Pieta. If you're ever in Napoli:

http://angolohermes.interfree.it/Napoli/Sansevero.html

[MissHoneychurch]

10. I keep that in mind

:wow: That is excellent. The sheet over the body is just like in real life!!

[Orsino]

11. It's a shame that such masterpieces are doomed...

...by acid rain and fumes. But that's the result of sculpting in baking soda in a vinegar world.

[MissHoneychurch]

12. This Pieta is safe from acid rain

it is behind glass in St.Peter at the Vatican.

[Bridget Burke]

14. It wouldn't have to be behind glass....

If an ax-wielding maniac had not attacked it.

[MissHoneychurch]

24. True

but I am glad it is safe from other maniacs. I can't understand how anybody could try to break such beauty.

[Orsino]

15. If they've also encased it in nitrogen...

...then it's safe from the rest of the atmosphere's acidic effects.

[Stockholm]

13. Why do you hate America?

This is American Art!

[MissHoneychurch]

22. This as well

you see, I don't hate America :)

[wildhorses]

16. why do beautiful things make me cry?

just looking at this picture and the tears are welling up...thanks (I think) for posting it...
:hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

23. You are welcome

and it is fine to get emotional about something beautiful. Easy explanation: You have a beautiful soul :hug:

:hi:

[greendog]

17. and another masterpiece...

...of religious art. The Slipper Slapper. :7

[jpgray]

21. With the gender wars going on, don't post that in GD

They don't get satyrical pieces. :D

[realisticphish]

28. zing!

nice :thumbsup:

[DS1]

19. Is that the Brazillion joke on her sash?

That would make it a masterpiece

[MissHoneychurch]

25. There are more thíngs in the world

beside that Brazillion joke :)

[CottonBear]

20. I have seen the Pieta. It is amazing.

Unfortunately, it's in a giant plexiglass box because some freak attacked it with a hammer years ago. Somehow, it was repaired by experts and it looks good as new. It is so beautiful. :)

[MissHoneychurch]

26. I rather have it behind plexiglass

than another idiot trying to destroy it.

When I was there and saw it I was standing there in awe. I am a big Michelangelo fan and to see his works in Rome and Florence were just highlights of those trips. Haven't seen his Moses though because it was under construction :cry:

[bridgit]

27. can you imagine some kook just ran in one day and tried to bust...

it up with a hammer; i get this image like he might have thought that it would shatter into tiny little pieces...but for the fact that marble is very hard. that's one of my favorite pieces. i'll bet he was amazed when it just went 'tink', and a little chip of dust tossed up. it is only fine & delicate by virtue of michaelangelo's hand. it is cut from one huge piece of 'harder than regular old rock' marble.

thanks for posting this pic, mine is smaller, and this one shows so much of the exquisite detail :hi:

[MissHoneychurch]

29. It is beyond my imagination

that anybody could even think of trying to destroy such beautiful art.

I have so many books by now about Michelangelo's art. Biographies, art books about his complete works, about parts of his work. I started to be interested in Michelangelo after reading the book by Irving Stone. Did you ever read it?

[bridgit]

30. everyone knows michaelangelo, but hubby is the artist and like...

a musicologist, has several 'talks' on the biographies of artists, musicians & philosophers; michaelangelo is one, he's writing a science fiction piece, of all things, that involves a dream sequence where the protag is transported to the boyhood of MA, a young mason with his one day off per week, riding his 7 dolphin round the mediterranean holding 7 golden tethers :thumbsup:

i'll look for that book :hug: