tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post1937948464766453299..comments2023-09-28T01:34:07.160-07:00Comments on ZEN MY ASS: Michelangelo's Noah in the Sistine Chapel Gwil Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-11846939738179098092016-12-14T00:27:35.013-08:002016-12-14T00:27:35.013-08:00Thanks for a new word :) Thanks for a new word :) Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-68763074572041851222016-12-01T06:05:45.429-08:002016-12-01T06:05:45.429-08:00Of the misshapen, their gyve.Of the misshapen, their gyve.Magyarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834296565844877410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-5005331918387379832016-11-30T23:53:39.231-08:002016-11-30T23:53:39.231-08:00It's wonderful to be able to examine these imp...It's wonderful to be able to examine these important artworks in detail.<br />We owe a debt of thanks to Austrian photographer Erich Lessing. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-11446036495112922082016-11-30T15:32:18.362-08:002016-11-30T15:32:18.362-08:00I note he's been circumcised.I note he's been circumcised.Shawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02865639536906898385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-49315874447723933272016-11-30T06:04:27.255-08:002016-11-30T06:04:27.255-08:00Michelangelo and his assistants had to paint what ...Michelangelo and his assistants had to paint what they were told by their paymasters to paint. To me the painted hand resembles a pig's trotter. On Poet-in-Residence Michelangelo's God is showing his bare backside to the viewer. The artist and his employer were obviously not without an opinion. Gwil Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03305768121713053837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1719793163535797854.post-31338055342538473892016-11-30T04:48:48.842-08:002016-11-30T04:48:48.842-08:00An interesting detail - though I think that he pic...An interesting detail - though I think that he pictured the hand as he saw it, covered by the cloth. Though - come to think of it: if Ham had committed incest - or raped his son - the similarity to a (devil's) cloven foot might have been well intended. Brittahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688373434576442657noreply@blogger.com