Flight into Egypt
Detail from the Gospels of Georg Alexief
Illumination
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland
If you've every wondered where Dr. Seuss learned how to draw trees.....
Saturday, November 16, 2013
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
The Presentation at the Temple
1499
Detail from The Gospel of Khizan
Nooooo, do not even think about handing your kid over to a dude with lobster hands!
Madonna with Sleeping Child
By Paris Bordone
1540 - 1560
Oil on canvas, 27.4 × 32.9"
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
Who needs a diaper when mom's got a basket of toilet paper handy?
Friday, November 8, 2013
The Adoration of the Magi
The Adoration of the Magi
15th Century
Detail of a Book of House, Use of Évreux
Starring Farrah Fawcett as the King of the Fabulous Feathered Hair!
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Infant Christ and St. John the Baptist
By Antonis van Dyck
ST. JOHN: Did you hear the great news! Illinois is going to legalize gay marriage! About time!!
SQUISHY: YAY! Who's got a kiss for an obese savior with a red cape?
Monday, November 4, 2013
Friday, November 1, 2013
Madonna with the Serpent
By Caravaggio
1606
Oil on canvas, 115 x 83.1"
Galleria Borgehese, Rome, Italy
Forget about the part where he saves mankind from sin, little boy Squishy saves his mom and granny from a snake! You'd think for that someone would at least give him a pair of pants....
Thursday, October 31, 2013
Flight into Egypt
1360
Detail of the Darmstadt Speculum Humanae Salvationis
Happy Halloween. No way you're going to see anything half this freaky tonight.
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Adoration of the Magi
1446
Illumination from The Missal of Eberhard von Greiffenklau
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, USA
SQUISHY: Frankincense...blah blah, myrrh...blah blah. One of you bitches better bring me a Pumpkin Spice Latte!
Friday, October 25, 2013
Madonna and Child
By Francesco Squarcione
National Museum of Art, Romania
The return of the Pilates Squishy!
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Our Lady with the Child Jesus
By Giusto de ' Menabuoi
Diocesan Museum, Padua, Italy
Help Squishy decide: should he go as a mummy or the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween?
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Holy Family
By William-Adolphe Bouguereau
1863
Extra points to those of you who spotted the phallic (flaccid) object in Mary's basket.
Monday, October 14, 2013
Madonna and Child
By Bernadino Fungai
Pinacoteca Nazionale di Siena, Siena, Italy
Um, Mary...shouldn't you be concerned about the golf tees sticking out of your son's head?
Friday, October 11, 2013
Holy Family
From the Winderhalder Workshop
First half of the 19th century
Painting on glass, 38 x 30.5 cm
Rötenbach, Germany
I never thought I'd take makeup advice from the Holy Family, but Jesus, Mary and Joseph--what is that lipstick you're wearing?
Thursday, October 10, 2013
Virgin and Child
By Barnaba da Modena
Circa 1365-70
The Courtauld Gallery, London, UK
Insomnia or hangover?
Monday, October 7, 2013
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Madonna and Child
By Jacobello Antonello
1480
Oil on wood panel, 67 x 45 cm
Accademia Carrara, Bergamo, Italy
Oh Squishy--don't you know the Caesar haircut hasn't been hot since the 90's?
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
The Virgin and Child with the Parrot
By Fernando Gallego
Louvre Museum, Paris, France
World's laziest painter, that Fernando Gallego: painted the same dang face on the angel, Mary and Squishy.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Adoration of the Magi
By Bernardino Butinone
Between 1485 and 1495
Tempera on panel, 9.8 × 8.5"
What with all the fabulously dressed Magi and foot kissing going on, you can hardly notice the tiny kitty under Squishy and Mary's chair. Or is it a bunny?
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