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🦄 determined to make this feed a place of beauty

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

My procreate rendition of this incredible sculpture

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Imagine being able to make stone translucent.

Giovanni Strazza possessed that extraordinarily rare skill. His bust of the Virgin Mary, executed in flawless Carrara marble, is one of the most impressive feats by any sculptor.

Strazza's "wet drapery" technique continued the legacy of previous Italian sculptors like Giuseppe Sanmartino, who produced mind-bending veils from marble a century earlier — the famous "Veiled Christ" is a canonical example.

The tradition also dates back to much earlier sculptors known for carving intricate folds, in particular Renaissance artists like Michelangelo and ancient masters from Greece's Hellenistic period.

But in the mid-19th century, Strazza took the technique to its extreme. The subtle layered effect he achieved allows the viewer to easily discern Mary's facial features from the delicate veil, and at the same time creates the illusion of total weightlessness.

How he created something so soft and fluid from solid stone, using only basic hand tools, is a mystery.

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

🌞 There’s nothing better than being with your kids.

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

🍼 Starting a thread of things I’ve learned since becoming a first-time mom in early March:

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

@the_culturist_ Idk if anyone cares but I drew this beautiful sculpture on Procreate

[adel 🌟 @adelwu_]

obsessed w these watercolor/gouche/pastel paintings by cristina vázquez

she paints “moments when people are happy and don’t realize it��

[C. S. Lewis @CSLewisDaily]

“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” - C.S. Lewis

[Keita Tsuji @keita5199916862]

オイルパステル画　240×240mm

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

@iam_preethi Your posts are always so good!

[Avery Tomasco @averytomascowx]

Insane rainbow with a lightning photobomb

📸: Me, weatherboi

[Michael Strong @flowidealism]

I tell young people there's no such thing as too much reading. The biology textbook is easier when you're a capable reader. Legal documents are easier. Cryptocurrency literature is easier. Reading is a superpower.

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

@zachflipspages I always love to see Tolkien on top favorite lists

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

@realmfberlin Violet

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

🕰️ No measure of time spent with your child could ever be long enough.

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

No AI. I made these with Procreate and some divine inspiration 💫

[ukdraw_ @ukdraw_]

No AI. I made these in Procreate with real effort and too much coffee.

[Ozymandias𓆏 @0zmnds]

Arild Rosenkrantz

[Tatiana Fajardo @Tatiana19796]

Michael Malm, 'The Light is Coming'

[Lo @LoL0Fi]

@Symply_rhoda1 Definitely, relief as soon as the baby gets put on your chest!!

[Alex Kittoe @AlexKittoe]

Colors of the coast

[The Mellon Heads - LOTR Podcast @mellon_heads]

Happy May 1st, also the day that Aragorn II was crowned King Elessar and inaugurated the Reunited Kingdom of Gondor and Arnor

[‎➳ ⋆.𖥔 𝘚𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦 @gildfae]

Lothlorien ⋆˙⟡☾.✦