Sunday, August 29, 2010

Madonna and Child with St. Anne

Madonna and Child with St. Anne
Fresco in the Church of St. Maria del Castello, Osogna, Canton Ticino, Switzerland

Note to viewers: some Virgins not to scale.

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
By Michele da Verona
1490's
Tempera and oil on wood, 29 x 22 3/4 "
The Metroplitan Museum of Art, New York
St. John to Squishy: Damn Jesus! Where'd you get your hair did?

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
Painting
Pinacoteca de Milan, Milan, Italy

Squishy wants YOU!

Friday, August 20, 2010

Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Child

Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Child
By an Unknown Hungarian Master
c. 1520
Tempera on pine-wood, 124 x 84 cm
Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest

Mary to St. Anne: Mom could you hold this kid for a while? He's so fat my legs are falling asleep!

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Virgin Mary the Hodegetria

Virgin Mary the Hodegetria
12th century
Wall painting
St. Nicholas of the Roof Church, Kakopetria, Cyprus

Check it out: Squishy's making the devil horns! Who knew he was the original Ronnie James Dio?






Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Virgin of Help

The Virgin of Help
By Giovanni Paganni da Monterubbiano
1506
Oil on canvas, 180 x 151 cm
Musée du Petit Palais, Avignon

Okay, now you really want to enlarge this one for detail to see Mary threatening a devil off with a club. (Get a load of the devil's narsty patch of pubic hair).

And Squishy, those red boots are tight! Where can I get a pair like that?

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
By Giovanni Bellini
Painting










You know, I always wondered where Margaret Keane found the models for her big eye paintings.....



Sunday, August 8, 2010

Circumcision of Christ

Circumcision of Christ
By Fra Angelico
1450
Tempera on wood, 38,5 x 37 cm

STEP AWAY FROM MY JUNK WITH THOSE RAZORS CONEHEAD!

Saturday, August 7, 2010

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels

The Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels
By Giovanni d'Alemagna and Antonio Vivarini
1449 - 50
Painting, 188,9 x 102,3 cm
Museu Poldi Pezzoli, Milan

Pimp my throne!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Madonna with Jesus, St. John and Angels

Madonna with Jesus, St. John and Angels
By Melchior Lorck
1552
Oil on panel, 51 x 66.5 cm
Statens Musem for Kunst, Copenhagen Denmark

ANGEL (lower right): Look, every one--I've got the latest edition of the LA Times. A judge has just overturned California's ban on gay marriage!!!!!!!!!!!

ST. JOHN: Yay!!!! Darling Squishy, shall we elope?

SQUISHY: Yes, but only if I can pet the lamby every single day.