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Leonardo da Vinci definitely did not sculpt the Flora bust
Phys dot org ^ | April 16, 2021 | CNRS

Posted on 04/20/2021 3:15:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv

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The Flora wax bust. Credit: SMB-SPK

The Flora wax bust. Credit: SMB-SPK

1 posted on 04/20/2021 3:15:06 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

A bit too cracked for my taste...nice tatas tho...


2 posted on 04/20/2021 4:09:39 AM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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Flora, what a nice bust.


3 posted on 04/20/2021 4:46:09 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...

4 posted on 04/20/2021 4:46:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m not fauna this thing.


5 posted on 04/20/2021 4:50:05 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: SunkenCiv

So, he’s been busted?.......................


6 posted on 04/20/2021 4:57:38 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: SunkenCiv
... the sculpture was made primarily from spermaceti, a kind of wax extracted from whales ...

So, someone was ambergrising the skids................

7 posted on 04/20/2021 5:00:41 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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“Give me 35 pounds of spermaceti.”

“35 pounds of whaaaaat?!?”


8 posted on 04/20/2021 5:09:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Salamander

Animals around here, I tell ya, ANIMALS!


9 posted on 04/20/2021 5:10:06 AM PDT by dangus
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To: Salamander

It needs to be putti some kind of artistic perspective.


10 posted on 04/20/2021 5:10:41 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: dangus

LOL

/I’ll show myself out


11 posted on 04/20/2021 5:16:20 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: SunkenCiv

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spermaceti


12 posted on 04/20/2021 5:17:13 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: SunkenCiv

I see no need to wax rhapsodic


13 posted on 04/20/2021 5:18:19 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Red Badger

Eeeeeeeeeeee.....

:D


14 posted on 04/20/2021 5:18:58 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: Salamander
Clearly this was a scam perpetrated by some chiseler.

15 posted on 04/20/2021 5:31:38 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

I knew immediately it was not Da Vinci’s work.

He was gay.....................


16 posted on 04/20/2021 5:37:33 AM PDT by Red Badger ("We've always been at war with Climate Change, Winston."..............................)
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To: SunkenCiv

“I’ll stop the world and melt with you...” is now stuck in my head.

/don’t ask


17 posted on 04/20/2021 5:37:47 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: SunkenCiv
Money speaks. Soft hearts lose
18 posted on 04/20/2021 5:41:31 AM PDT by Salamander (Salamander has barbaric tendencies.../Gundog)
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To: SunkenCiv

19 posted on 04/20/2021 5:44:23 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy ("I see you did something -- why you so racist?")
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To: Red Badger

GARBAGE post.


20 posted on 04/20/2021 6:16:41 AM PDT by MarvinStinson ( )
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