#veiled statue

[thediablerist]

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[itsmeleasophie]

[wastedpotentialsblog]

GIRLS NIGHT

GIRLS NIGHT

Also, all the dissenter statues have boobs??? Which we now know are statues of dissenting Precursors, the beings that make up the Witness. Several conclusions can be drawn from this:

1. The Witness is misogynistic

2. All Precursors had boobs regardless of sex (based)

3. All Precursors are female but can reproduce through parthenogenesis or can change sex like some fish and frogs

4. Reused assests but that's not fun.

Either way, all of these are funny.

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Veneration of a Lost God of Sorrows

--prompt from @nosebleedclub "grecian" (13 June)

Drapes of a marble dress can only betray the scars beholden over time--the cigarette burns wearing down the grecian curves the creator ached to make whole. Raindrops decorate her face with tears she cannot cry, for to do so is to reveal her humanity and desecrate her divinity.

A glass of wine tempts her from her sleep, but she doesn't take it. The weight of existence doesn't give her time to indulge-- others look onto her countenance, dreaming of when their people could come closer to her touch.

I followed them through labyrinths, with a golden crown for a fool, glistening in the pockets of sunshine in the depreciated sanctuary. The pulchritudinous columns protect me from the prying eyes of those who blind themselves starting at an eclipse for the chance at looking at a sign.

I only read the signs to this place.

The flies buzz across the tapestries and climb up the stones; I take no solace in the silence, other than the echoes of her once commanding voice. Drops of water fall on themselves like I fall on the street-- in one quick motion, unaware of who might look.

And so I drop the crown below her feet and give a kiss to her weathered cheek.

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© Katherine Wranovich.

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[coeranis]

Statue of Isis by Auguste Puttemans (1866-1927). The statue was given to Herbert Hoover by the people of Belgium in 1922; it is currently located at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, Iowa.

[arts-dance]

Exquisite 19th-Century Sculpture Cloaked in a “Translucent” Marble Veil

This mastery of sculpting was achieved over 150 years ago.

Exquisite 19th-Century Sculpture Cloaked in a “Translucent” Marble Veil

By Kelly Richman-Abdou on January 27, 2019

For millennia, sculptors have worked in marble, a medium favored for its softness and translucence. These characteristics make the metamorphic rock particularly suited for pieces requiring intricate detail, including anatomical subtleties and flowing drapery. One sculpture that perfectly illustrates both of these instances is The Veiled Virgin, a 19th-century work by Italian sculptor Giovanni Strazza.

The Veiled Virgin

Little is know about the creation of The Veiled Virgin. Historians believe Strazza, who was from Milan, crafted the piece while working in Rome in the 1850s.

The Veiled Virgin depicts the Virgin Mary with a veil draped over the contours of her realistically rendered features. With her eyes closed and her head tilted down, the figure appears to be either peacefully praying or expressing grief—both of which are historically characteristic of Virgin Mary portrayals. 

The Veiled Virgin is made out of Carrara marble, a material derived from Tuscany and historically used by ancient Roman builders and Italian Renaissance artists.

This high-quality marble offered the perfect canvas for carving veils—a sculptural motif that was popular among Strazza and his peers. In particular, they were interested in sculpting busts and sculptures of women with faces shrouded in these see-through garments, with Veiled Lady sculptures by Pietro Rossi and Raffaelo Monti further illustrating this trend.

https://mymodernmet.com/the-veiled-virgin-sculpture/?fbclid=IwAR2yCw-io8rkWtpH_rjj5pIsr9tXb4IMnzSV2U4R2vIf-VFHCQtYaHvxDTk