Phreakops
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Claude Mellan's Face of Christ, also known as The Sudarium of Saint Veronica (1649), is one of the most technically extraordinary works in art history...
The entire portrait is rendered using a single, continuous spiralling line that begins at the tip of Christ's nose and expands outward to the edges of the cloth.
Mellan achieved the illusion of depth, shadow, and facial features without any cross-hatching or traditional shading. Instead, he precisely varied the thickness and pressure of the burin (his engraving tool) as he rotated the copper plate, creating "swelling" lines that darken the image where needed.
The spiralling line is estimated to be approximately 150m (about 500ft) long if it were stretched out.
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Farage has won big with Reform. He has the receipts. Restore have won nothing. All they have is vitriol. It's sad.
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nothing will be done. thousands more will die. root causes will be ignored, and white people blamed.
Visegrád 24@visegrad24
🇬🇧 A teenage boy was hacked to death with a machete in Hackney, East London A large fight broke out after a house party spilled onto the streets in Hackney last night. Multiple individuals armed with machetes were involved, and there were also reports of gunshots. A teenage boy was hacked with a machete and suffered critical stab wounds. Despite the efforts of paramedics and London’s Air Ambulance, he was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspects have been arrested so far. A large crime scene remains active in the area.
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Reform should step aside in Makerfield to stop Andy Burnham
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What happened maaaan. you used to be cool?
Cllr Rob Kenyon@RobKenyonReform
I used to respect you Rupert. Restore have never wanted anything to do with this area. But now someone born with a silver spoon in their mouth is trying to lie about the only working class local man in the race. I want net negative immigration.
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was my go to place for a couple of years. not because i’m a nazi but because i lived round the corner. always chuckled that they never properly covered the nazi eagle
jønny@jonnycollage
There is a Burger King in Nuremburg that was a Nazi Power Station and still has the outline of a Reichsadler on the outside.
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LET ME TELL YOU HOW YOU SHOUD VOTE
Joseph Robertson@JRtypes
Real life doesn't happen on X. Stop living in a silo & get out a bit. Reform UK are the only option for anyone voting on the right of politics. You have one chance before this country collapses. Make it count. Don't let Burnham into No. 10, things can get worse than Starmer.
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@RupertLowe10 A healthy mind does not put his ego in front of the country.
You allowed your own vendetta against Nigel Farage to cloud your judgement.
You’re only helping the Left at this point and every genuine patriot except the boys running your social media can see it.
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Is this what saving Britain looks like? No.
Reform is the only party with the grasp of policy detail & Whitehall to genuinely push Britain in a different direction.
To the patriotic people of Makerfield, you have one unique chance to help save the country.
Vote Reform.
Restore Britain@RestoreBritain_
We need more people like Rebecca, Restore Britain's Makerfield candidate, in politics.
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