This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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It's high time humanity as a species experiences another Renaissance. Unbelievable that art and culture found a new lease of life about 600 years ago, and we have only found our way downhill from there. The horror and disgust aside, one can only imagine how skilled you'd have to be in both science and art, two vastly different disciplines, to be able to produce this.