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Spanish artist Gerard Mas, who is currently based in Barcelona, creates humorous marble sculptures that combine quirky, cheeky attitude of modern day culture with reserved behavioral traits of Renaissance era.

Sculptor shows elegant 15th-century ladies picking their noses, chewing gum and blowing bubbles, or using headsets while talking on the phone. "I thought about the millions of attitudes and situations that old artworks couldn't capture because they were simply inappropriate for a lady in the 15th century," Mas says. "I decided to try to do it in an old media and style. It was something like an invented old art. After that, the anachronisms came and pop elements, too, as a natural evolution."

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Jeeves
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It took me a while to spot it... you, sculptor, are a genius!

Ged Maybury
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Leaving aside the artistic/contemporary commentary, this sculptor is EXTRAORDINARY!!

Tanya Kysel'ova
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7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeeeah, i had these on my friend's wedding. noticeable(

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    varwenea
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is really hilarious. A Roman lady wearing a thong under the long skirt.

    Ann Ros'a
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I want this in my front yard... jk

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah, but hey: have you ever tried carving pubic hair?

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would bet you many coins I feel a stirring in my loins.

    Mike Miller
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can you identify original sculptor or sculpture?

    Ehren Thomsen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Uhm, the name of the original sculptor is stated on the introduction.

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    Victor Calamity
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Oh, yes, very thought-provoking...er, who did you say the model was again...?"

    Ehren Thomsen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Upvoted you because you made me chuckle. I don't understand the downvotes you got, really.

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    Sarah White
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    woah the way you got the cheek to genuinely look like she is eating a lollipop without making it stiff or weird is impressive

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least she has the good sense to stay out of the sun.

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago

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    Wait up: that's Alien Skin! That ain't a lollipop, its a ... AAAAARRGH!

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    Victor Calamity
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And we come to our next piece, titled, "I Was Like, Whatever"

    Ann Ros'a
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “I can’t even, with this!”

    Katsuki Bakugo
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    5 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    she looks like the worcester high school girl from shrek 3

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    Alex K
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    thank you for calling excalibur carriage insurance how may i help you?

    Bekah Jazmine
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    *in monotone uninterested customer service voice*

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    1cat
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    took me sometime to notice her HAIR is also the headset.. I thought the mic stick was in her hair braid!!

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "I cannot emphasise this enough, girls; You've GOT to have a perfect pair of buns."

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    Jeeves
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oOF I feel like I look like this with braces *wiNCe*

    GalaxyInAJar
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    XD yah, I just got braces like two hours ago saw this and did the same thing

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    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pretty much what pre-20th Century teeth looked like without braces.

    Ella Morley
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hold on I'm having a flashback!!

    Terror from Beyond Space
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water.

    Agnes Jekyll
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    exactly what it feels like to have braces

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    Victor Calamity
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next on our tour is "Girl About to Slapped into Next Week by Mother"

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor Margarette, she never got far in her sign-language classes.

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    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If this was modern she'd have at least eight more tattoos, some on her face and neck.

    Mara LaCour
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    do people actually ever get DOTD skull tattoos on their boob?

    Charlotte Brine
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More than likely! some people have them tattooed wherever they want them, it's called freedom of expression and we are all entitled to it...

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    Signe Manat Hansen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh f**k off. Getting a tattoo in an art style from another culture is fine. Sugar skulls are pretty.

    Elise McFarland
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think I saw exactly this at a Renaissance Faire.

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    Victor Calamity
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, the great William Shakespeare: "To Bee, or NOT to Bee..."

    Neeraj Jha
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With that comment, you're the Victor of this pun game!

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    Signe Manat Hansen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the words of famed philosopher Eddie Izzard: "I'm covered in BEES!!!"

    CultOfBambi
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Erm, that's not Shakespeare. He had hair. And a fuller beard. And looked almost nothing like this guy.

    Ehren Thomsen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mind if I mention that those are not bees, but yellowjackets (wasps)? They're awfully common in Spain, where the sculptor is from.

    Liliana V
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh gosh, I cant look at that hive around his neck! No no no no

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I took me a while - until I spied the ruffle.

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    Master Markus
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I highly doubt that picking your nose is "modern".

    1cat
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I dont think picking your nose is modern either, did they used to pick their nose back then? I wonder..

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    Ann Ros'a
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Getting into a picking situation!

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can pick your nose and you can pick your friends but if you pick your friend's nose you gotta eat it. Them's the rules.

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm, what's she doing with her other hand?

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Lift your elbow, girl, or you'll never get it right!" ("Sheesh, young people of today. Don't they teach them anything useful at school any more?")

    Sarah White
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope this isn't modern haha, though the title is probably not what these sculptures are actually. Probably just if people sculpted things that weren't just graceful and elegant

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    Alex K
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "she had an a*s that looked like it was carved out of marble, johnny i tell ya"

    Dory Nicolas
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gravity gives lift when upside down.

    Miss Cris
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True! With boobs, too! How could I never think about it before? I will walk upside from now ;P

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    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "My eyes are down here, guys!"

    Dory Nicolas
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gravity gives lift when upside down!

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    Kimberly Abbott
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think this is for twitter, "a little bird told her".

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Modern sexual practices ... I just can't keep up with them all!

    Liliana V
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait, huh? Why is this modern day?

    Larry Dahle
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ahh! Years wax removal, in the classic faschion...

    Terry Jeppsen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jamie, there is a hummingbird in my ear.

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    Jeeves
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an Oregonian, pumping their own gas to fill their car

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ah, but then she'd also be wearing safety goggles.

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    James Wolffe
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My Lord saith unto me, "Thou must not be so naughty."

    Sue Donim
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pepe le pew just passed by ...

    Sue Donim
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    pepe le pew is in the area .

    Black Dahlia
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Does not enjoy friends picking her nose.

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keeps her farts in that hat, I suspect.

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    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmm ... Fractal bras. Could be a market for them. -Hurries to the laboratory-

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    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caught red-handed ... no; wait ...

    Dee
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kissed a girl and I liked it !

    pusheen buttercup
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the sculptor should do one where you try to apply eyeliner and can't get it to be even so you keep adding!!

    Mak_the_Deputy
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one who thinks she looks kinda like human-Fiona from Shrek???

    Miss Cris
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No... I didn't kiss anybody!

    Community Member
    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The eyes just say 'Dafuq you lookin at?!'

    Dory Nicolas
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Making out in the janitor's closet?

    Terry Jeppsen
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look at how big this rash is, Jamie.

    Abhisek Chakraborty
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet there were many back then who had this in real.

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    Micah Bennett
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my gosh.... That says so much. This is my favorite of these images. We have come so far with health and sanitation. They would be mortified to see us today with rats as pets. I have owned rodents. In an instant I saw the stark difference of our worlds.

    Andrew Gibb
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when I say I am going to get my rat out; this is what I actually mean!

    makki
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It can't teach you how to cook so just put the rat down!

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    Jeeves
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This here, is the latest craze taking over Instagram- bee hive hair

    Liliana V
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Noooooooooooo not more bee hives!!

    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tell ya, that girl's got a bee in her bonnet!

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    Ged Maybury
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Look at that focus." "I know - she's been training for this one event since she was seven." "Difficulty level of Five..." "And here she goes, into the build-up ..." "Whoa; she's done it! A Double-inverse Deep-gouge with Final Flick! What a performance!"

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