The Veiled Virgin was carved by Giovanni Strazza from a single block of marble using traditional hand tools typical of 19th century academic sculpture.
He began by roughing out the overall form to establish the proportions, then progressively refined the figure with chisels, rasps, and drills to define facial features, folds of fabric, and surface transitions.
The veil effect was achieved by extremely careful reduction of marble thickness in selected areas so that light interacts differently across the surface, creating the illusion of thin, translucent fabric even though it is solid stone.
The final stage involved polishing and fine surface finishing, while selectively leaving parts slightly less polished to enhance contrasts between skin, veil, and underlying form. The effect relies entirely on carving skill and control of depth rather than any added material or treatment.
#drthehistories
Israel has just killed Lebanese journalist Fatima Ftouni. I am honoured to have known her.
Just at the beginning of the month she reported on Israel killing seven members of her own family live on air.
Let me see if I got this right. If you take the standard edition route of #WWE2K26
*Not counting the Island nor MyFaction spending.
WWE 2K26 The Standard Edition of the game is priced at $69.99.
Ringside Pass with a total of 6 seasons. Each individual season pass costs $9.99. (Game + All Seasons): $69.99 + $59.94 = $129.93
There are 40 tiers of unlockable content within each season which you either pay or unlock even after paying for the season.
We have the option to pay $1.99 to bypass a single tier rather than unlocking it through regular gameplay.
Cost to skip all tiers in one season: 40 tiers × $1.99 per tier = $79.60
Cost to skip all tiers across all 6 seasons: 6 seasons × $79.60 = $477.60
Maximum Possible Spend (Game + All Seasons + Skipping Every Tier) $69.99 (Base Game) + $59.94 (All Seasons) + $477.60 (All Skips) = $607.53 before tax
‘THE SIMPSONS’ has released a couch gag that finally shows the aftermath of Marge hitting Homer with her car in the intro.
“How are you just sitting there? Your mom just hit me with her car!”
🇮🇱🇨🇭 This Swiss commentator has balls of steel. While the Israeli bobsleigh team was racing, he kept reminding viewers of the war crimes the pilot has openly supported.
Absolute legend!
BREAKING: ICE threw tear Gas into a Minneapolis vehicle with an African-American family and a six month old baby inside. The baby stopped breathing.
Anybody who stands for this crap needs to re-examine their patriotism.
Please don’t give these horrible people a reason to escalate even further. That is what they want.