Friday, September 26, 2008

Madonna and Child Giving Blessings



Madonna and Child Giving Blessings
by Benozzo Gozzoli
1449
Tempera on silk on a wooden mount, 254 x 130 cm
Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome


This squishy Jesus is not very squishy, and not much of a baby either. He has the look of a gay eighties t.v. star. With his right hand he blesses us (peace sign) and with his left, he holds a globe, symbolic of his sovereignty over the world.

Aren't Mary's draped sleeves cool?

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