Sunday, December 30, 2012

Madonna and Christ Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Three Angels

Madonna and Christ Child with Infant Saint John the Baptist and Three Angels
From the workshop of  Domenico Ghirlandaio
1485 - 1494
 Tempera on panel, 33.625" diameter
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama

Ermahgerd! Look at those cheeks...don'tcha just wanna sqeeeeeeze them!!!

Friday, December 28, 2012

Adoration of the Magi

Adoration of the Magi
By an unknown Polish artist
1500
Tempera and gold on wood, 56.1 × 37.2"
National Museum of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

SQUISHY (to King in red): You brought me a gold plated box of Kleenex?  WTF?!?!?!!?

Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Virgin and Child

The Virgin and Child
By Francesco Sqarcione
1450
59.5 x 45.7 cm

Do not chew your fingernails Squishy--that's a nasty habit!

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

The Nativity

The Nativity (detail)
By Master of Spinola Annunciation
early 1300's
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Merry Christmas everyone....hey, I said MERRY Christmas, not wrap your kid up like a mummy and sit around looking all pissed off.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Madonna Enthroned with the Child

Madonna Enthroned with the Child (detail)
By Czech Master
1343
Oil and tempera on poplar wood
Gemäldegalerie, Berlin

MARY: Hey son, wanna pull my finger?

SQUISHY: Ewwwwwwww!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Nativity



Nativity
1200's - 1300's
Detail from an illuminated manuscript,  Calendarium, Latin Bible selections: Liber Psalmorum, Cantica with prayers; Hymns, etc.
Cologny, Fondation Martin Bodmer

MERMAID BABY JESUS!


Friday, December 14, 2012

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels

Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
By Matteo di Giovanni
1480
Uffizi, Florence, Italy

Now that is a forehead of biblical proportions!

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Madonna and Child

Madonna and Child
By the workshop of Robert Campin
 Second half of 15th century
Oil on panel, 10.7 × 7.8"
National Museum in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

Why is Mary's boob coming out of her neck?  Why is she wearing a dish towel on her head?  I'm so confuzzled!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Madonna with Child

Madonna with Child
Museo Correr, Venice


Call the police!  There's a naked 50 year old man squeezing a bird to death in the Museo Correr in Venice.  HELP!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Jesus Salvador

Jesus Salvador
By Josefa de Ayala Figueira
1600's

Homegirl gotta thing for see-though gowns.....

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Seuse Kneeling Before Mary and Jesus

Seuse Kneeling Before Mary and Jesus
1490
Illustration from an illuminated manuscript, Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, folio 42, with writings by Heinrich Seuse

Mary's hiding all her nick-knacks inside her throne while a floating Squishy makes a peace sign.  He's got a watering can in his left hand so he can water Friar Seuse's flower halo.

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Virgin & Child with St. John the Baptist & St. Francis

Virgin & Child with St. John the Baptist & St. Francis
By Sandro Botticelli
1480-90

Just when I think I've seen the most awkward Virgin and Child post, something like this comes along.  Is Mary hanging Squishy by spiderwebs or what?  And this is no b-side "Master of the Podunk Altarpiece": this a Botticelli!!!!!

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Madonna with Child and Two Angels

Madonna with Child and Two Angels
1400's
Unknown painter from Vicenza
Tempera on panel

Squishy is either pregnant or he swallowed a bowling ball....