Friday, February 15, 2013

The Weekend in Black and White

This is a detail of Giambologna's "Ocean."
It was completed in 1576, and now
stands in the Bargello museum, in Florence.
He really made the marble "live," didn't he?

[To see more monochromes, visit Dragonstar's meme]

Posted by Alexa at 23:13
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15 comments:

  1. HansHBFebruary 15, 2013 at 11:28 PM

    A very good B&W composition!
    Well donne!

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  2. KusumFebruary 16, 2013 at 1:05 AM

    Lovely picture! Florence has museums all worth visiting! I enjoyed my stay there.

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  3. AnnemorFebruary 16, 2013 at 2:22 AM

    He did.
    Nice shot.
    Mormor

    http://www.starbear.no/mormor/2013/02/15/the-weekend-in-black-and-white-10/

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  4. AmitAagFebruary 16, 2013 at 3:23 AM

    Oh, so life like!
    Wonderful in B&W!
    http://amitaag.blogspot.in/2013/02/doped.html

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  5. RobertNFebruary 16, 2013 at 6:38 AM

    Beautiful done!

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  6. LauraFebruary 16, 2013 at 8:53 AM

    wow, amazing detail down to the fingernails... beautiful!

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  7. KickiFebruary 16, 2013 at 1:57 PM

    Unbelievably so real!

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  8. PatFebruary 16, 2013 at 3:07 PM

    He sure did. I thought it was a real hand at first.

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  9. Shell SherreeFebruary 16, 2013 at 8:52 PM

    Magnificent. And your photo does it justice beautifully, Alexa. Bon weekend, ma chère.

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  10. Ms MFebruary 16, 2013 at 10:05 PM

    Amazing close-up! Very powerful.

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  11. Monica S EngellFebruary 17, 2013 at 10:30 AM

    Wow,- love the detailed shot! Great cropping!
    :)

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  12. Tall GaryFebruary 17, 2013 at 7:40 PM

    Up until I read your caption I was sure it was a live person in the flesh. So lifelike, and done 437 years ago! I think I was still in knee pants.

    Monica might have something there about the great cropping depending on one’s preferences.

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  13. Tall GaryFebruary 21, 2013 at 12:23 AM

    [As a copy editor can you find anything dele worthy in the second line, fourth word?]

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  14. ChuckFebruary 22, 2013 at 8:02 PM

    Looks almost real for how old it is. Great close up in B&W!

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  15. AlexaFebruary 24, 2013 at 12:37 AM

    TG -- Oops, and thanks.

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Thanks, merci, grazie, danke, hvala, gracias, spasibo, shukran, dhanyavaad, salamat, arigato, and muito obrigado for your much-appreciated comments.

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