The Annunciation in San Agostino church in Orvieto is simply stunning. I hadn’t been in to see it in a few years. It was a treat to see it again today.
This angel is so incredible
Look at that, but the wing especially. Damn!
Layers, depth, recesses, texture – holy cow!
How do you do this level of detail in marble?
San Agostino also houses the 12 larger than life statues that used to be in the Duomo. They too are beautiful. This is a detail from one.
Couldn’t be more life like.
Price of admission well worth it at this end-of-the-rock, off the beaten path museum!
Make Haste Slowly 
stunning!
Just astounding how the artist can see all that in a hunk of stone. Thanks for sharing.
To this day, of all the art that I have yet laid eyes on, it is truly the most profound. On looking into those eyes, you could have knocked me over with a feather. With ongoing gratitude to you and the divinely inspired…