The Infant Christ Distributing Bread to the Pilgrims
By Esteban Murillo
1678
Oil on canvas, 86.22 x 71.65 "
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, Hungary
PILGRIMS: Hey kid, don't you have any gluten free bread?
Sunday, December 29, 2013
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child
By Master of the Castello Nativity
Between and
il on panel, 26.6 x 18.5"
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hannover, Germany
SQUISHY: All of you people out there laughing at the size of my equipment are going straight to H-E-double hockey stick!
By Master of the Castello Nativity
Between and
il on panel, 26.6 x 18.5"
Lower Saxony State Museum, Hannover, Germany
SQUISHY: All of you people out there laughing at the size of my equipment are going straight to H-E-double hockey stick!
Wednesday, December 25, 2013
Nativity
Nativity
By Dieric Bouts the Elder
1445
Oil on wood, 80 x 56 cm
Musee del Prado, Madrid
SQUISHY: Hey guys....guys?!?!!? Considering that it's my birthday, don't you think I could lie on something, just, like, an old towel? Even a bit of hay?
By Dieric Bouts the Elder
1445
Oil on wood, 80 x 56 cm
Musee del Prado, Madrid
SQUISHY: Hey guys....guys?!?!!? Considering that it's my birthday, don't you think I could lie on something, just, like, an old towel? Even a bit of hay?
Friday, December 20, 2013
Virgin and Child with Saint John
Virgin and Child with Saint John
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
New Mexico just became the 17th state to legalize gay marriage. Every naked savior kiss your favorite camel-skin wearing bestie in celebration!!!
By Jean-Léon Gérôme
New Mexico just became the 17th state to legalize gay marriage. Every naked savior kiss your favorite camel-skin wearing bestie in celebration!!!
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Madonna and Child
Madonna and Child
Dutch School
After 1500
Oil on oak parquet panel
37 x 29 cm
Move over Victoria's Secret models 'cause here comes Cheesecake Squishy and Madonna of the High Boobs.
Dutch School
After 1500
Oil on oak parquet panel
37 x 29 cm
Move over Victoria's Secret models 'cause here comes Cheesecake Squishy and Madonna of the High Boobs.
Monday, December 16, 2013
Virgin and Child with Angels
Virgin and Child with Angels
by Simone Martini (in 1310) and Cenni di Francesco (in 1413)
Fresco
Church of San Lorenzo al Ponte and San Gimignano, San Gimignano, Italy
Well I don't know about you but this Christmas I'm decorating with a wreath of musical angels.
by Simone Martini (in 1310) and Cenni di Francesco (in 1413)
Fresco
Church of San Lorenzo al Ponte and San Gimignano, San Gimignano, Italy
Well I don't know about you but this Christmas I'm decorating with a wreath of musical angels.
Friday, December 13, 2013
Flight into Egypt
Flight into Egypt
late 12th century
From an English psalter
Illumination on parchment, 261 x 175 mm
Is Mary carrying baby Jesus or is that a blue umbrella with a halo?
And, hmmm, are those....yes, those are testicles slung over Joseph's walking stick!
late 12th century
From an English psalter
Illumination on parchment, 261 x 175 mm
Is Mary carrying baby Jesus or is that a blue umbrella with a halo?
And, hmmm, are those....yes, those are testicles slung over Joseph's walking stick!
Thursday, December 12, 2013
St. Vladimir Mother of God Russian Icon
St. Vladimir Mother of God Russian Icon
Late 18th/early 19th century
Oil on wood board, 11 1/4 x 9 1/2 "
Note: not all Savior heads to scale.
Late 18th/early 19th century
Oil on wood board, 11 1/4 x 9 1/2 "
Note: not all Savior heads to scale.
Monday, December 9, 2013
Enthroned Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Enthroned Madonna and Child with Two Angels (Detail)
by Meliore di Jacopo
c. 1260-80
Museo di Arte Sacra, Certaldo, Italy
Forehead? That's more like a fivehead.
by Meliore di Jacopo
c. 1260-80
Museo di Arte Sacra, Certaldo, Italy
Forehead? That's more like a fivehead.
Friday, December 6, 2013
Our Lady of the Towers with Infant Christ, between Saints Ambrose and Michele
By Bramantino
1515 - 20
Tempera and oil on panel, 157 x 122 cm
Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan, Italy
Oh you know, just hanging out, reaching for a tiny naked statue while another naked dude and a gigantic frog fall dead at my feet...another day in the life of everyone's favorite savior.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
The Madonna and Child in a Glory
The Madonna and Child in a Glory
c. 1475
Detail of a woodcut
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxfor, Oxford, UK
VAGINA DENTATA!
c. 1475
Detail of a woodcut
The Bodleian Library, University of Oxfor, Oxford, UK
VAGINA DENTATA!
Monday, December 2, 2013
Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony of Padua and Roch
Madonna and Child with Saints Anthony of Padua and Roch
By Titian
1511
Oil on canvas, 92 x 133 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
The guy on the right is either:
A: Having a wardrobe malfunction
B: A flasher
By Titian
1511
Oil on canvas, 92 x 133 cm
Prado Museum, Madrid, Spain
The guy on the right is either:
A: Having a wardrobe malfunction
B: A flasher
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