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thepastisalreadywritten · 4 months

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The Veiled Christ ("Cristo Velato" ) is a sculpture completed in 1753 AD, originally (mis) attributed to Antonio Corradini and considered one of world’s most remarkable pieces of art.

In fact, the great neoclassical maestro Antonio Canova (1 November 1757 – 13 October 1822), who tried to buy the work, said he would gladly give up ten years of his life to produce such masterpiece.

Although Corradini was in fact commissioned with the job in the first place, he died having only produced a clay model for what would later be a definitive piece sculpted in marble.

It was Giuseppe Sanmartino (1720-1793), then, who ended up producing the astonishing sculpture of a dead Jesus, covered by a transparent shroud carved out of the very same marble block shared with the rest of the statue.

Sanmartino’s mastery — the veil covering the figure of Jesus being in fact “transparent” — didn’t only gain him a well-deserved place in the history of Western art but also turned his artwork into the stuff of legend.

Some stories claim Sanmartino covered his sculpture with a linen veil he managed to transform into marble by means of complex chemical-alchemical processes.

Those very same legends would also claim that Raimondo di Sangro, Prince of Sansevero (30 January 1710 – 22 March 1771), commissioner of the sculpture, was himself an alchemist who taught Sanmartino the mysteries of his pseudo-science. Of course, these are but legends.

The statue is today preserved in the Capella Sansevero in Naples, Italy.

#Veiled Christ #Cristo Velato #Antonio Corradini #Giuseppe Sanmartino #Capella Sansevero #sculpture #art #transparent veil #marble sculpture #1700s #18th century #Late Baroque #Rococo period #Rococo

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sleepy-blr · 2 years

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ok so for studio i think i should do another art period … and since i love the dramatics of the baroque period, i’m doing the even more dramatic period after! the rococo period, i’ll update on it soon :D

#studio art #vce #vce studio art #historical art periods #rococo period #rococo art #studyblr #sleepy blr study #this means ive covered renaissance (raphael) baroque (a. gentileschi) and rococo. three dramatic periods all through my book

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reblogged-art-that-liked · 1 year

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Fernando VI and Bárbara de Braganza in the gardens of Aranjuez (detail), by Francesco Battaglioli, 1759.

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#rococo period

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luxus-aeterna · 1 year

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#rococo #late baroque #historical fashion #historical costuming #historical costume #1780s #18th century #18th century costume #teal aesthetic #black people in period clothing #black people in historical costume #mignonne #2023 #blue

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iridessence · 6 months

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#rococo #chemise a la reine #18th century costume #marie antoinette #marie antoniette 2006 #the duchess 2008 #fairytale aesthetic #cottagecore #princesscore #mignonne #2023 #black people in historical costume #black people in period costume

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bouquet-and-strawberries · 1 year

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𝒫𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓁 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒶 𝓁𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝓎𝓈𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒 𝒷𝒶𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇𝒾𝓃𝒶 𝟣𝟪𝓉𝒽 𝒸𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓎 𝒸𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓊𝓂𝑒 𝐵𝓎 𝒜𝓉𝑒𝓁𝒾𝑒𝓇 𝒮𝒶𝒾𝓃𝓉 𝐻𝑜𝓃𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝒫𝐿

#Atelier Saint Honore PL #Atelier Saint Honore #Rococo #Period costume

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artcosmique · 4 months

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Background practice ft Rococo Good Omens :D

And a little Closeup to the faces~ bc look at them LOOK AT THEM.

#good omens #aziracrow #aziraphale #crowley #ineffable husbands #ineffable rococo #honestly Crowley in roccoco period is my greek empire #Look at them.#he is soooo cool #~#ineffable idiots #+ they are flirting #Spotify

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didoofcarthage · 8 months

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The Personifications of Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter by Rosalba Carriera

Italian, c. 1726-1744

pastel on blue paper

Royal Collection Trust

#The RCT says these are probably from different sets and are dated to various periods during Carriera's life #four seasons #personification #Rosalba Carriera #rococo #art #pastel #works on paper #Italian #Venetian #spring #summer #fall #winter #Royal Collection Trust #baroque #female artist #woman artist

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gasparodasalo · 28 days

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Jean-Baptiste Barrière (1704-47) - Sonata for Pardessus de viole and Basso continuo in f-minor, Livre V No. 6, II. Allegro. Performed by Guido Balestracci, pardessus de viole, and Bruno Cocset/Les Basses Réunies on period instruments.

#jean baptiste barriere #rococo #baroque #classical music #pardessus de viole #period performance #period instruments #tenor violin #baroque music #pardessus de viole sonata #sonata #chamber music #viol sonata #viol #rarely performed composers #harpsichord

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historical-beauty-lily · 8 months

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Dangerous Liaisons (1988) dir. Stephen Frears

#source: historical beauty lily #period drama #perioddramaedit #blue dress #rococo #18th century fashion #18th century #glenn close #Madame pompadour #costume drama #aesthetic #robe a la francaise #dangerous liaisons

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sword-swallower-pin · 2 months

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John will be the most complicated to cast because his look was anachronistic even for his era imo. He had a face that'd be in coins or statues at some point in history. It's a shame he didn't care for acting because he would've fantastic in period pieces.

John's got that napoleonic war face, the only appropriate course of action for the casting team is to steal a painting from the National Gallery and have some scouse lad stand behind it to read his lines

#the idea of john doing period films has put a lovely image in my head of him all dolled up in full rococo stylings thank you very much #get that boy some floral patterned breeches!#john lennon #asks

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liturgical-agenda · 1 year

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