Adolf von Hildebrand (1846-1921) - Resting Shepherd Boy, 1871-1873, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
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July 6, 2012
May 28, 2012
The kiss of death.This astonishing sculpture forms part of Barcelona’s Poblenou Cemetery. The Kiss of Death (El Petó de la Mort in Catalan and El beso de la muerte in Spanish) dates back to 1930. A winged skeleton bestows a kiss on the lips of a handsome young man: is it ecstasy on his face or resignation? Little wonder the sculpture elicits strong and varying responses from whoever gazes upon it.
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April 1, 2012
Detail of Antinous, the lover of emperor Hadrian. According to Hadrian he had ‘drowned in a river’; however, there is debate as to whether he in fact committed suicide or sacrificed himself.
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February 22, 2012
February 4, 2012
Nan Goldin, Cupid with His Wings on Fire, Le Louvre 2010
January 21, 2012
October 16, 2011
A photograph of Michelangelo’s “Pietà” by Aurelio Amendola from the art book “Michelangelo: La Dotta Mano.” (via The New York Times > Arts > Image >)
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October 13, 2011
August 11, 2011
May 11, 2011
now this is remarkable.
i hope you, too, thought this was a picture of actual human beings. the fingers that slightly indent the flesh of a woman. looks normal. but it should not. it is a 400 year old sculpture - marble - that is a fucking hard material.
contemporaries used to describe the way bernini worked as “raping marble” because he could do things to it, others were not even able to think of.
another sculpture of his “apollo and daphne” is just as remarkable because he managed to sculpt leaves that were so thin they became translucent. remember we are talking about stone here.
Bernini Sculpture: Pluto and Proserpina (1621-22)
SCREAMS AND CRIES
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March 27, 2011
March 22, 2011
February 13, 2011
January 26, 2011
Model of the monument Tenax Vitae
originally by Rinaldo Carnielo
19th Century
Plaster
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January 16, 2011
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