To me,it is one of the wonders of the world. I teach Fashion History, and thus, we study Greek and Roman costume. So, I am completely boggled by how amazing the stone sculptures of past reveal the drapery of, and the clinging of the cloth. They are after all, ....stone.
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Location:The Louvre, Paris
Pretty darn amazing, Bernini was no sluff off, either, but the "Dead Christ" in Naples by Sammartino takes the cake: http://www.google.it/imgres?q=dead+christ+naples&hl=en&biw=1280&bih=592&tbm=isch&tbnid=th7c9nfWq0u3dM:&imgrefurl=http://imaginemdei.blogspot.com/2012/04/meditation-on-passion-waiting.html&docid=suTU7ZP5SBa85M&imgurl=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lf9PX71QKaY/T3_LB7vI6PI/AAAAAAAAEaU/uv3dOyD0f10/s1600/Giuseppe%252BSammartino_Dead%252BChrist%252Bin%252BShroud_Naples%2525252C%252BS.%252BMaria%252Bdella%252BPieta%252Bdei%252BSangro_1753.jpg&w=1527&h=700&ei=ZUpqUbzmBMW-Pay-gJAO&zoom=1&iact=rc&page=1&tbnh=125&tbnw=250&start=0&ndsp=20&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0,i:82&tx=115&ty=59
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