Friday 3 October 2014

Mini-Post: Madonna in the Sky with Disembodied Baby Heads



…Ok, so maybe it’s not quite as catchy as the Beatles’ tune.
 
The Apparition of the Virgin – Girolamo da Carpi, 1530/1540
Three things with this painting:
1. Baby angels apparently make great seats.

2. WHAT IS WITH THE CREEPY BABY FACES ALL THE TIME.  Seriously, 16th century Italian painters.  Just stop.

3. So a woman appears in the sky surrounded by light and carried by angels, and this guy goes, "Hey, this would be a great time to play with a wind sock!"



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8 comments:

  1. Gorilla Bananas3 October 2014 at 23:40

    The baby-heads don't look very happy. It's as if they've been forced to stare at this big-hipped woman when they'd rather be back in the creche.

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    1. Sarcastic Ninja6 October 2014 at 18:35

      There are a lot of very angry/sneering people that stare at Mary in art. I've got a whole post at some point about Mary and the Angels of Death(-Stares).

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  2. Pickleope4 October 2014 at 04:27

    In that guy's defense, wouldn't it be a great time to play with a wind sock...provided a kite had yet to be invented?
    Also, that cherub has wings, it should have flown out of the way. Mary sits where Mary's gonna sit, flap them wings and chubby arms, baby, or end up like those disembodied heads.

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    1. Sarcastic Ninja6 October 2014 at 18:36

      Maybe THAT is why all those floating baby heads look so upset! Man, that is a lot of butt-crushed baby angels to have haunting you.

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  3. Amy4 October 2014 at 07:33

    I think the air sock might be a serpent with the mouth of an Oreck vacuum. Fascinating he could draw a person so well and a snake, which is basically a tube with eyes, so poorly...

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    1. Sarcastic Ninja6 October 2014 at 18:38

      I think that Snakenado would be on par with Sharknado for terror-inducement. Although neither hold a candle to Spiderphoon.

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  4. Dixie@dcrelief19 October 2014 at 09:51

    Gosh this entire era of painters seemed to be off their noodle. Talk about a stretch of truth. I looked for the angry babies - oh well. Hahaha.

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    1. Sarcastic Ninja1 November 2014 at 13:59

      There are a lot of creepy babies in paintings! Must have been something in the water.

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