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In reply to the discussion: The Vatican and the Sistine Chapel... [View all]Locut0s
(6,154 posts)23. How the greats managed to work stone to look like silk...
Always floored me. I saw the Pieta as well as David and other works in museums in Italy and Paris and this aspect always stunned me about the sculptures.
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Did you tromp up to the top of the cupola? Fantastic views of Rome from there....
MADem
Jul 2013
#25
No, we didn't do that. I wouldn't have been able to anyway, with this cold.
CaliforniaPeggy
Jul 2013
#30