30 amazing details of sculptures that take your breath away (31 photos)

There is something about sculpture that always evokes genuine admiration, especially when it embodies the human form. Michelangelo lived and worked more than 500 years ago, but we are still amazed by his level of skill. Often, creators add intriguing details to their works, many of which undeservedly go unnoticed. Did you know that Michelangelo's David has heart-shaped pupils?





1. Chauncey Bradley Ives turned stone into wet silk in "Undine Emerging from the Water" (1880)



2. Antonio Canova's masterpiece has wings so delicate that when the sun hits them, they glow a delicate peach glitter

3. Giovanni Strazza achieved the effect of a translucent veil in his bust of the Virgin Mary



4. Francesco Queirolo skillfully carved a net from a block of marble. It took him 7 years to complete the work



5. Water effect from marble



6. Marble turned into lace



7. This is not cotton yarn. This is a stunning marble work by Greek master Argyris Rallias



8. There is one tiny muscle in the forearms that only contracts when you raise your little finger. Moses lifts his little finger, which is what Michelangelo captured



9. The marble veil in Giuseppe Sanmartino's masterpiece is so realistic that the sculptor was accused of using alchemy to turn the fabric into stone



10. Bernini turned stone into flesh



11. "The Veiled Truth" by Antonio Corradini



12. "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Agostino Fasolato, a 168 cm statue with over sixty figures carved from a single block of marble, Agostino Fasolato



13. Stunning detail of Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux's "Ugolino and His Sons"



14. Marble leather



15. Scarf on the marble statue of the Duke of Montausier



16. The right hand of "David" Michelangelo



17. Perseus and the Hidden Self-Portrait of Benvenuto Cellini



18. Marco D'Agrate's Statue Depicts Saint Bartholomew, a Skinned Christian Martyr alive



19. "The Veiled Lady", Raphael Monti



20. Detail of "The West Wind" by 19th century American sculptor Thomas Ridgway Gould



21. Marble mattress "Sleeping Hermaphrodite", Gian Lorenzo Bernini



22. Daphne's hands turning into branches. "Apollo and Daphne", Gian Lorenzo Bernini



23. 100 years before medical science described the circulatory system, Michelangelo perfectly depicted the jugular vein in his statue of David



24. "Pieta" by Michelangelo, detail hands



Buonarroti completed this masterpiece when he was only 24 years old.

25. The Beard of Emperor Lucius Verus



26. Haakon Anton Fagerås Creates a Marble Cushion



27. "Reading Girl" by Pietro Magni



If you look closely, you can see a tear from a young reader.

28. Michelangelo's David Has Heart-Shaped Pupils



29. The Piercing Glass Eyes of the "Ephebe of Antikythera", Unknown Greek Sculptor (c. 330 BCE)



30. Veins on the Right Hand David