RE: Catholic art.
September 7, 2017 at 8:22 am
(This post was last modified: September 7, 2017 at 8:22 am by Neo-Scholastic.)
(September 6, 2017 at 11:04 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: Are you sure the School of Athens counts as Catholic art?
I'm using patronage and affiliation as my main criteria not subject matter. Even still, the context is important. It's one of a series of frescos having to do with the growth and spread of Christianity. During the Renaissance making connections to the classical past was believed to give the faith more credibility.
(September 7, 2017 at 6:25 am)Cyberman Wrote:(September 6, 2017 at 7:21 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: Sort of like a younger Trump referring to Reagan as "Ronnie" to emphasize his own fictional significance and closeness to the powerful.
It's the same sort of inappropriate familiarity that we get in situations like the Gulf Wars. Bush and Blair were referred to in the media by their titles, but Saddam Hussein was always called by his first name, to reinforce a pecking order. To illustrate, imagine if the Iraq Times ran reports such as "Yesterday, the city was bombed by George and Tony".
It's a joke.
