I must say, it's really quite impressive how detailed and complex sculptures were able to made into in the early 16th century. In some ways it's a bit sad to think that despite such talent and ability used there, it seems like there hasn't been as nearly as much progression as back then. The Renaissance and Baroque Periods really were some excellent points in the fine arts, really.
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reductive marble sculptures and the like are really amazing when you consider the fact that there's very little room for error since you can't really go back and "fix" something if you screw up
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It's because the people who made these things had no lives. It's the equivalent of some japanese guy playing DDR with like 7 pads or something like that. It's less talent and more raw time and effort that requires dedicating your entire life to one thing.
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foolm0ron posted... It's because the people who made these things had no lives. It's the equivalent of some japanese guy playing DDR with like 7 pads or something like that. It's less talent and more raw time and effort that requires dedicating your entire life to one thing.
You're telling me that Michelangelo didn't have talent? For a sculpture of this size and magnitude, you would almost certainly have to have a lot of talent mixed in with an incredible drive to work hard.
And they definitely had lives...it's just that back then, they didn't have TV or Computers to entertain themselves with. This is probably the equivalent of surfing gamefaqs back then.
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