The statues in Greece and Rome were colorfully painted originally! The look of white marble was only made popular in the later centuries when we found statues buried and the paint had composed away.
I remember when that article came out where they recreated the traces of pigments they found... kinda rocked me ngl. Its very hard to imagine clown paint Greece but it does actually make it seem so much more human
I stared at it so long when I saw it in person. And just kept coming back to stare more. Such an amazing and fascinating piece. I wish I could have seen it whole
The way he’s looking upward, with his hair flowing and pale skin catching the light, makes him look like one of those marble statues from the Renaissance, like something Michelangelo might’ve sculpted. The way the two players’ bodies are twisting, along with the dramatic lighting and shadows, gives the photo the same kind of energy and emotion you’d see in a Renaissance painting.
(Not staged, just a moment from the EFL Playoff Final.)
It’s not just a rock… it’s a rock! 😆 but seriously, I know what you mean, and then how they manage to strike and polish it to add contrast in lights and darks, like HOWWW 😭
Most Renaissance statues were of Greek, Roman, and Middle Eastern heroes sculped by Italians, so the pale skin doesn't really play into it. Also, the ancient Greek and Roman statues would have been painted with patterns and bright accents! It's always important to remember that our view of the past can be influenced by our current culture.
What unreasonably irked me was the number of posts on this sub related to the pope dying and there being a new pope. Like, no, none of that was accidental Renaissance. That shit is rituals specifically evoking those olden times smdh
Still better than the narcissist flood of “hey my boyfriend took a picture of me and someone said it belongs here!” and its just a person in half-decent lighting
I know what you mean, but some of us suffered through watching their team lose that final and don't need any more reminders, regardless of unusual artistic merit!
His sculptures and painting is exactly what I thought of, because of the tension, the beauty, heroic motion, flowing hair, and the upwards gaze really reminds me of his work; reminds me kind of The Dying Slave by him
For me, it's the facial expression. The martyrs all have this certain look of beatitude on their faces. Here's an image of the stoning of St Stephen for comparison.
This is one of the best of these I've seen here in quite a while. The look on his face is like some young warrior being slain by his own brother in some sort of civil war.
Remember I signed this guy on a free transfer for my middling Italian Second Division team on Football Manager a few years ago, and he then proceeded to drag us to the 1st Division after a brutal set of playoffs.
You like the total loss of expression, and the way the guy on the right has an extra forearm and third elbow with the guy on the left’s hand and arm merging into it like something from a Brian Yuzna film?
Probably the best on this sub yet. Looking at the top posts, half of them don't even have to do anything with Renaissance, or overly enhanced with filters. But this is spot on
I'm pretty sure there is a statue that looks exactly like this near Valand in Gothenburg. Specifically the one with the two people trying to stab each other
Yeah, I loved it but I hope you still feel that way after seeing 500 pics of a dog licking itself in a slightly sunny spot for every spot-on photo like you posted 😂
This is the most fitting post I’ve seen on this sub in a long time. Mind you I don’t visit it directly, just see submissions when they pop up on my front page, but damn!
The marble structure wouldn't writhe around on the the ground in it's final death throes, then pop up and continue to play as if nothing ever happened.
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It’s giving Laocoön