It's difficult to see why that would be an obviously erotic subject. Still, let's look at the rest of the sequence to see if there are any other hidden Catholic references:
Yes, there is! Did you see what the photographer has done there? He's used the stone-effect backdrop to mimic the marble effect behind Michelangelo's Pietà in St Peter's! Ha! I knew I was on to something.
Yes, well, that was obviously just another variation on the Pietà theme. Let's look at some others:
Um... something about rendering unto Caesar...?
Ok, I am prepared to concede that deciphering the religious imagery of the remainder is trickier than I had anticipated. Er... more study required, I think.
3 comments:
Brilliant.
great post! your creative eye rocks!!! :-)
With the one critical difference that the women in the classical works aren't checking the gender of the recumbent male figure
(as in images 1 and 5). But ... the woman in the St Peter's sculpture is certinly giving the idea serious thought!
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