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Nude 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.com)
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[โ€“] AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My 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 โ€” 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.