The ability of artists to make marble look soft and/or alive and/or see-through will never not completely floor me.
Because you mentioned see-through-ness and the above images don't really showcase it, I'm just going to leave Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin here:
Marble scatters and transmits light in a similar sort of way that flesh does
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The ability of artists to make marble look soft and/or alive and/or see-through will never not completely floor me.
Because you mentioned see-through-ness and the above images don't really showcase it, I'm just going to leave Giovanni Strazza's Veiled Virgin here:
Marble scatters and transmits light in a similar sort of way that flesh does