Making marble look like cloth.

What's really amazing is that people (a few of them) have had the tools and skill to do this HUNDREDS of years ago.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/3/2797/4322482811_8fa8dd6f3e_b.jpg

https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/0b/f0/9a/0b/statue-of-paolina-borghese.jpg

If you ever get the chance, villa borghese in rome is well worth the price of admission for the statues alone, but it's full of priceless works of art that simply blow your mind that people hundreds of years ago created them.

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