The Most IMPOSSIBLE Sculpture EVER Created [8:56]

YouTube ^ | May 6, 2026 | Marmoreo

[SunkenCiv]

Michelangelo's Pietà showcases a level of artful mastery that beggars belief, especially considering he was only 24. This piece pushes the boundaries of amazing skills, making us question the very nature of human creativity. Join us as we explore this incredible work and what it reveals about the artist's genius, offering a unique perspective on art history. 

Giuseppe San Martino crafted this marble masterpiece in 18th-century Naples, challenging viewers to distinguish stone from fabric. While legends suggest alchemical secrets behind its creation, historical records offer a different perspective. Marmoreo explores the artistic techniques and theological questions surrounding this profound work of art. 

The Most IMPOSSIBLE Sculpture EVER Created | 8:56 
Marmoreo | 7.12K subscribers | 646,837 views | May 6, 2026

[Resolute Conservative]

I saw shredded fed-ex boxes taped back together and labeled art a while back in the MOMA. I made comments out loud laughed so hard I had to leave before getting ejected.

[Harpotoo]

The shroud!

[PGalt]

Thanks for posting ‘Civ.

[TalBlack]

That wasn’t just carved, it was carved then meticulously polished. If not equally polished in its entirety it would t look real.

[SunkenCiv]

My pleasure.

[SunkenCiv]

And not just any marble — another sculptor had started up with that hunk of marble 30 years earlier, screwed it up or was dissatisfied with the stone, and abandoned the work (presumably an entirely different work).

[Fresh Wind]

Those works are almost as good as someone dribbling paint on an old drop cloth. /s

[SunkenCiv]

https://www.laweekly.com/nudes-ascending-farrahs-naked-art-special-version-2-0/

[SunkenCiv]

Polishing is the final step of sculpture, always, unless some modern talent wants to make a statement with an unpolished work.

The statement being, I’m bored and I consider it finished, pay me now.

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[poconopundit]

This video is a treasure, sunkenciv.

The photography, the narrative, and subject. A true sunken treasure of civilization, not buried in sand, but visible to anyone, yet not fully appreciated until an intelligent person came along and to open up a portal to living souls.

[Ransomed]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism_of_Michelangelo%27s_Piet%C3%A0

Laszlo Toth.

Freegards

[Jamestown1630]

Some things do incline one toward believing in magic...

[SunkenCiv]

Especially in that coffeehouse where Sebastian sat.

[SunkenCiv]

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[Candor7]

He was a genius.......almost super human. He was driven by the Divine, and the energy of that was revealed in his work.

This is simply proof that Heaven exists. Period.

Very touching,,,thanks for posting.