I will proudly admit that I have looked at that beautiful sculpture of David many, many times, Yet, I never noticed the size of his HANDS! OMG, They are huge! Especially considering....
Did you notice this in photos? Or is this something you noticed while up close and personal? You are very observant, Cincy! ;o) On Jan 9, 9:52 am, CincyBabe <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, I saw the original, plus several others that are exact copies. > Only the hands and feet were big--the "man part" was ridiculously > small. ;-) > > On Jan 8, 4:58 pm, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Perfect? Well, almost perfect, maybe. He has enormous hands and feet > > > for his size. > > > LMAO!!!! > > > I thought that was just a myth? :o) > > > Did you get to see the original in Florence? How did it compare in > > "size" with the others? lol > > > Typical Italian man, Trying to make himself appear "bigger" than what > > he really is! LOL > > > On Jan 8, 11:05 am, CincyBabe <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Perfect? Well, almost perfect, maybe. He has enormous hands and feet > > > for his size, which is probably because the statue was meant to be on > > > top of the Duomo in Florence, and the perspective would be different. > > > > When I was in Italy our guide showing us the David statue was an > > > Italian man, and he said that he was the original model (uh-huh), but > > > that it was very, very cold that day, so it doesn't accurately depict > > > certain parts of his anatomy. I laughed until tears ran down my > > > face! > > > > There are David statues all over Italy, by the way, but the original > > > is in a museum in Florence (can't think of the name, not the Uffizi). > > > > On Jan 8, 8:09 am, "Mercury.Sailor" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Nudity has been around since well forever! The human body is > > > > beautiful, and that is why people enjoy looking at it. Now look at > > > > David, He is perfecto! :o) > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Michelangelos_David.jpg > > > > > I don't see anything wrong with the ladies taking thier clothes off to > > > > pose in the nude for some calendar. > > > > > On Jan 7, 9:12 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I had to hear it several times :) > > > > > > The end 非常高兴, fei chang gao xing, and the previous one that obviously > > > > > is 照片, zhao pian, are clear. The rest is unclear, her speech does not > > > > > use tones and ties (is that correct? the way we tie one word with the > > > > > next one) for me to understand good enough. > > > > > > The overall meaning is that they (she?) (that corporation?) though > > > > > deeply and later they are very happy with the pictures that they did. > > > > > > My bet is that she told 回忆看过的这个照片非常高兴 (hui yi kan guo de zhe ge zhao > > > > > pian fei chang gao xing). (she? that corporation?) > > > > > > I guess that you meant that at some point she might say 中国 (zhong > > > > > guo), but I think that she says 看过 (kan guo). > > > > > > Peace and best wishes. > > > > > > Xi > > > > > > On Jan 7, 9:38 am, antidefm <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I guess she said something in Chinese, something like "China or > > > > > > Chinese ...." > > > > > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfHf2TsHDOE > > > > > > > She is supposedly a Chinese translator. > > > > > > > What exactly she said?!- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World-thread" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/world-thread?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
