The evidence suggests that a few centuries ago, they knew how to shape marble.
The secret of "impossible" marble statues
(English subtitles)
Description of the video:
Let's start, as usual, with some background. The following sculptures, according to the official history, were made from a single piece of marble.
1. Maria Barberini Duglioli, Giuliano Finelli, 1626.
To admire, you have to go to the Louvre. Pay attention to the facial features and the collar of the dress.
2. The Abduction of Proserpina, Giovanni Bernini, 1621-1622.
To see this marble sculpture with your own eyes, head to Rome. It is in the Borghese Gallery.
Pay attention to the arms, legs, flexibility of the body - as if the sculpture is made of wax.
3. Ugolino and his sons, Jean-Baptiste Carpeau, 1857-1860.
For her, you have to go to New York. Far away, but worth it.
Pay attention to how the sculptor depicted the fear and despair of a man who had everything, but he, along with his four sons, was tricked into a tower and doomed to starvation.
4. Monumental cemetery Staglieno, Genoa, 1851.
Known for a huge number of highly artistic marble tombstones.
World-renowned sculptors have worked here at various times, including Leonardo Bistolfi, Giulio Monteverde and Eduardo Alfieri.
5. Despair, Jean-Joseph Perrault, 1868.
If you are planning to admire Maria Barberini Duglioli in the Louvre, do not forget about this sculpture.
Fingers ... This performance will not leave anyone indifferent.
6. Christ under the shroud, Giuseppe Sanmartino, Sansevero Chapel, Naples, 1752.
The chapel contains other famous sculptural masterpieces of the 18th century.
Finest work. Don't you think that the fabric moves at the slightest breath?
7. David, Michelangelo, Florence, 1501-1504.
The five-meter statue has long been perceived as a symbol of the Florentine Republic and one of the pinnacles of art. The original is in the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.
The details of the sculpture are simply amazing.
Are such sculptures now made from a single piece of marble. They do it, and here is a video of the work of such a sculptor. They want to assure us that the author of the sculpture works with the same tools that were used 200-300 years ago.
But look what kind of grinder it is at work. There was nothing of the kind among the old masters. And what other gadgets did this master use that we were not shown.
And as we see from the result, the statue does not reach the level of the old masters in terms of detail. They were capable, the supporters of official history may say. But that doesn't sound very convincing. How was it possible to make, for example, such a composition:
The Disenchantment (after 1757) by Francesco Quirolo is the most famous of his works. The monument is valuable for the finest work on marble and pumice, from which the net is made. Quirolo was the only one of the Neapolitan masters who agreed to such a delicate work, while the rest refused, believing that with one touch of the chisel, the network would crumble to pieces.
There are very big doubts that such magnificence could have been done by hand, with a hammer, chisel and other similar tools. Many people have this doubt, and on this basis, many versions have appeared that it could not have done without alien technologies, but these statues were made of composite materials that our current civilization is just beginning to master. This version also has many questions and doubts.
I caught myself thinking that I do not believe in any of the other side.
Maybe after all there was some kind of manufacturing secret that everyone forgot about.
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Временный комитет для перестройки сенатского и синодского зданий. Дело о подряде на укрепление в здании из искусственного мрамора.
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