Satan was a Lesbian.
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PoisonedDragon — 5 years ago(October 19, 2020 08:18 AM)
So that thing isn't the serpent at all.
Sure it is. Hugo van der Goes was imagining how it might have looked
before
it was cursed to go upon its belly (Genesis 3:14).
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PoisonedDragon — 5 years ago(October 20, 2020 01:03 PM)
It's attributed to Hugo van der Goes. But it's also said that some 70% of his work has not survived, and there's some uncertainty about which surviving works actually bore his hand, and which were done by the school he oversaw, i.e. assistants, copiers, etc.
The panel we're discussing is one half of the Vienna Diptych.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Diptych
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Pornographic Monkey — 5 years ago(October 21, 2020 06:04 AM)
Interesting interpretation. God does curse it afterwards to crawl on its belly. So the assumption would be it had legs before. But like I said, it is one of the most unsavory depictions of the devil or the serpent I have ever seen.
The tempting Serpent is depicted as a bipedal salamander-like creature because it was assumed that the serpent could walk before God's curse compelled it to crawl and eat dust.[2] The human-headed Serpent was introduced into art in the late 13th century.[2] Subsequent Renaissance artists generally abandoned the depiction of Serpent as a human-headed creature.[2]
Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey
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PoisonedDragon — 5 years ago(October 20, 2020 01:17 PM)
This one is the 'Temptation of Adam and Eve,' 1425-1427, by Masolino da Panacale. It's one of the frescos at the Brancacci Chapel in Florence, Italy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brancacci_Chapel#The_Temptation_of_Adam_and_Eve
The 15th century is full of weirdness in Christian art - objects that look like apparent UFOs to our eyes, fantastical monsters, etc. Hieronymus Bosch worked during this period.
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