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"For the love of God", czacha stworzona przez angielskiego artystę, Damiena Hirsta, w roku 2007. Jest to odlew z platyny pokryty tysiącami diamentów o łącznej masie 1106 karatów. Obiekt wyceniono i ostatecznie sprzedano za 50 milionów funtów(tak twierdzi autor rzeźby, są jednak pewne wątpliwości na ten temat, o czym więcej pod poniższym linkiem). Za bazę do stworzenia odlewu posłużyła czaszka mężczyzny żyjącego w wieku XVIII zakupiona przez Hirsta w sklepie w Islington.

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For the Love of God

For the Love of God is a sculpture by artist Damien Hirst produced in 2007. It consists of a platinum cast of an 18th-century human skull encrusted with 8,601 flawless diamonds, including a pear-shaped pink diamond located in the forehead that is known as the Skull Star Diamond. The skull's teeth are original, and were purchased by Hirst in London. The artwork is a memento mori, or reminder of the mortality of the viewer. In 2007, art historian Rudi Fuchs described the work as "out of this world, celestial almost. It proclaims victory over decay. At the same time it represents death as something infinitely more relentless. Compared to the tearful sadness of a vanitas scene, the diamond skull is glory itself." Costing £12 million to produce, the work was placed on its inaugural display at the White Cube gallery in London in an exhibition Beyond Belief, with an asking price of £50 million. This would have been the highest...

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