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"It did fuel many serious art movements and there’s some merit to that of course"
– monospacedI was in the Cattedrale di Pisa, next to the famous leaning tower, earlier this year and I was absolutely and utterly taken by a piece - a small and apparently inconsequential piece as I can't find the fucker on the internet to keep a photo. It was an image of christ described in gold leaf, and the rays on the halo were just.. sublime.I literally stared at this thing for ten minutes.
This was a small piece, off in a corner in a ridiculously-extravagant edifice, the likes of which I cannot even begin to imagine how it was all put together, and all I could think was "This is the absolute antithesis of what Christ wanted".
All that concentration of money and power, over so many centuries, fucking over all the people that Christ most wanted to help.
As much as I was bewitched by that beautiful, golden representation of Jesus, I knew that it was inherently disgusting.
- Yeah I agree, religion is a pretty despicable thing. Just sayin they paid for a lot of nice art and architecture. Chill.monospaced
- Please don’t interpret what I’m saying as defending religion. That’s really not my thing, at all.monospaced
- I’m just remarking on the same thing you are. That it was absolutely beautiful, extravagant, cherished, and everywhere.monospaced
- Sorry, wasn't attacking you, just using what you said as a pivot to what i was thinking amongst all of that...extravagance.Nairn
- Lol at the monosplainGnash