1850年代に活躍したジョバンニ・ストラッツァのヴェールをかけた聖母その他

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Imagine being able to make stone translucent. pic.twitter.com/JfcUepizYC

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Giovanni Strazza possessed that extraordinarily rare artistic skill. The Veiled Virgin (c.1850s) is undoubtedly one of the most impressive feats by any sculptor in history - the ethereal bust of the Virgin Mary achieved the totally impossible. pic.twitter.com/B301eab30h

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Strazza continued the legacy of Giuseppe Sanmartino, another Italian sculptor who produced similarly mind-bending veils from marble a century earlier, such as the Veiled Christ. pic.twitter.com/shLOoZqtTa

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Earlier sculptors are also well-known to have produced intricate folds from marble, in particular Renaissance sculptors like Michelangelo (Pietà, left) and even those from Greece's Hellenistic era (The Winged Victory of Samothrace, right). pic.twitter.com/ydPXAKhR96

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But Strazza took the technique to its extreme. The remarkable layered effect allows the viewer to easily discern Mary's facial features from the delicate veil, and at the same time creates the illusion of utter weightlessness. pic.twitter.com/W5Ctr16MrN

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@Culture_Crit Camilo Torreggiani has another masterpiece exposed at El Prado museum in Madrid, dated 1855, of queen Isabel II. Looks like it was a trend back then. Absolutely amazing, it really tricks your mind.

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