SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day agoNude in a Hammock in White Carrara marble by Antonio Frilli. How on earth does the physics work here with all that weight in the middle!lemmy.dbzer0.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down14
arrow-up1438arrow-down1external-linkNude in a Hammock in White Carrara marble by Antonio Frilli. How on earth does the physics work here with all that weight in the middle!lemmy.dbzer0.comSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 day agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareAnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-220 hours agoMy brain always intuitively parses this shit as literal witchcraft. Like: My brain: oh my God, that woman was just lounging around and someone turned her to stone and put her in display Me: no, what you’re seeing is just incredible skill in sculpting marble. We’ve been through this before My brain: No but look at that fabric! It’s real fabric — or it was, before it was turned to stone! It’s so impressive that it literally doesn’t compute to me, and I have to remind myself that this is indeed stone.
My brain always intuitively parses this shit as literal witchcraft. Like:
It’s so impressive that it literally doesn’t compute to me, and I have to remind myself that this is indeed stone.