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Michelangelo’s Flawed Statue
Look at this sand vein running down the face and neck and shoulder of Michelangelo’s Slave in the Louvre. See full size of this photo here It is a terrible shame. But the beauty of Michelangelo’s conception comes through in … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, Beauty, great artists, Michelangelo, Renaissance, sculpture, stone carving
Tagged bad block, flaw, marble carving, sand vein, Slave, spoiled statue
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