Cyborg Oc†opus

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lovingmalemodels: Ryan Bertroche

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:02:07 -0400

lovingmalemodels:

Ryan Bertroche

ohcrapmyhair: Samuel Mercure SS12 Campaign Shot By Mathieu...

Fri, 24 May 2013 22:01:55 -0400

ohcrapmyhair:

Samuel Mercure SS12 Campaign Shot By Mathieu Fortin

style-cool-ture: GQ Milan Fashion Week

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:47 -0400

style-cool-ture:

GQ Milan Fashion Week

queen-cara: Arthur Gosse for Coach

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:55:23 -0400

queen-cara:

Arthur Gosse for Coach

jake-marcobs: Raf Simons SS2011

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:24 -0400

jake-marcobs:

Raf Simons SS2011

grabyourankles: Arthur Gosse walks for Dries van Noten

Fri, 24 May 2013 21:41:02 -0400

grabyourankles:

Arthur Gosse walks for Dries van Noten

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30-4-30: Your daily dose of crazy. Also known as Bernini. How...

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:50:44 -0400

30-4-30:

Your daily dose of crazy. Also known as Bernini.

How do Bernini’s sculptures even exist? I am so in awe of how life-like each of his works are, from expression to position to texture. Even just in sketches, I find it difficult to keep humans from looking stiff, much less in sculpture. Yet Bernini defied the unyielding nature of marble and created these incredible pieces that look as though they’ve been frozen mid-turn.

Okay, so in the first picture, Bernini’s David, how does the slingshot look stretched, and the cloth hastily flung? How does that even happen? The fluidity of fabric is in each of the sculptures pictured above, and never ceases to amaze me. To a slightly lesser extent, the hair continues that flow, windswept in place. In the third picture, the branches Daphne is morphing into don’t look like stone; they look like actual branches, or at the very least, fake foliage spray painted white. All of these completely organic elements convincingly carved in stone.

And then to the bodies. They all are so seamless, anatomically perfect, and, well, alive. Every flexed muscle is present, but not over-pronounced or exaggerated. The hands and feet are spectacular; you can even see the veins and bones through the skin, and the positions are totally natural. In David, his front foot looks like it is gripping the base, not to mention the hands in The Rape of Proserpina. Each touch appears to be that of two separate entities, not a single slab of rock.

The facial expressions are excellent as well. You can practically hear the gasp of The Blessed Ludovica, feel the pride of Louis XIV. The little involuntary facial contractions of a natural expression are all captured by Bernini in each subject of each statue.

I don’t know how to comprehensively end this rant other than with: Bernini was a boss. Quake in the face of his awesome!

koyukahvesiyahayakin: Auguste Rodin La Danaide

Thu, 23 May 2013 16:50:31 -0400

koyukahvesiyahayakin:

Auguste Rodin

La Danaide

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Thu, 23 May 2013 09:47:52 -0400

the-paintrist: davidgmarin: Anselm Feuerbach - (self)portraits...

Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:56 -0400

the-paintrist:

davidgmarin:

Anselm Feuerbach - (self)portraits - 19th century

Anselm Feuerbach (12 September 1829 – 4 January 1880) was a German painter. He was the leading classicist painter of the German 19th-century school.

Feuerbach was born at Speyer, the son of the well-known archaeologist Joseph Anselm Feuerbach and the grandson of the legal scholar Paul Johann Anselm Ritter von Feuerbach.

After having passed through the art schools of Düsseldorf and Munich, he went to Antwerp and subsequently to Paris, where he benefited by the teaching of Couture, and produced his first masterpiece, Hafiz at the Fountain in 1852. He subsequently worked at Karlsruhe, and then Venice. In Venice, he fell under the spell of the greatest school of colourists, and several of his work demonstrate a close study of the Italian masters. He then proceeded to Rome and then Vienna.

In Vienna, he associated with Johannes Brahms. In 1873, he became professor in the Vienna Academy, but disappointed with the reception given in Vienna to his design of The Fall of the Titans for the ceiling of the new Artists’ House Museum, he went to live in Venice, where he died in 1880. After his death, Brahms composed Nänie, a piece for chorus and orchestra, in his memory.

He is associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting.

bookofboys: Travis Smith by David Zanes

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:04:05 -0400

bookofboys:

Travis Smith by David Zanes

strangeforeignbeauty: Stephen James [ fave models | 1000+ notes...

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:02:35 -0400

strangeforeignbeauty:

Stephen James

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varonmag: New Kid on The Blog Joe Brotherton at Models1.- A new...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:59:39 -0400

varonmag:

New Kid on The Blog

Joe Brotherton at Models1.- A new star is born. His first editorial was with David Sims for the current Arena Homme Plus. When Mark Kean showed me this picture I freaked out for that face, he’s pretty amazing.

You will see him at new Varón Vol.6 which is coming out in few weeks. Follow us on facebook as many things are coming up.

-Post by Hugo Lavín

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politeteen: Onze Tigres

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:53:16 -0400

politeteen:

Onze Tigres

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garcode: Jessica Pitti ph by Marcus Ohlsson for Tatler Russia...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:25:00 -0400

garcode:

Jessica Pitti ph by Marcus Ohlsson for Tatler Russia June 2013