Jesus gets his weekly wash?
(Seriously, this is the most wacky photo I've seen, even in Random Pictures, for a very long time!)
Reminds me of William Blake's sinister sick rose:
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(Seriously, this is the most wacky photo I've seen, even in Random Pictures, for a very long time!)
Yes, #1 is a member of the Chilean Army (also known as the Prussians of South America, as you can tell from the uniforms and parade step).View attachment 1444059 The Chilean army, I bet!?
View attachment 1444060View attachment 1444061 And the Arkansas Special Forces.
The rest are bluestate girls who are being re-educated into good women in the Arkansas National Guard.
Accidental discovery on the internet, I immediately thought this picture had to be in the Random Pictures thread.
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
And will he be left drying in the sun or will they use a towel?
Mikerytel
Senator
Cool monument.
Loxuru
Graf von Kreuzigung
#1 to #3 : locks of heavy duty chastity belts?
Yes, and so beautifully heavy and#1 to #3 : locks of heavy duty chastity belts?
Actually Yugoslavian rather than Soviet, in what's now Bosnia-Herzegovina. By Miodrag Živković, a monument erected in memory of the fighters killed in the battle of the Sutjeska when the Partisans suffered a terrible death toll as they broke out of the enemy encirclement in the 5th Nazi offensive in 1943. I think it's impressive, suggesting hands raised in prayer or offering, and marvellously aligned with the natural landscape.
Kiduttaja
Consul
correct! It was better to write "soviet-style" or "socialist realism"... anyhow, here another "spomenik".
The Monument to the Revolution in Podgarić, Croatia looks like an alien structure in the night:
Cella
Spectator
Yes, wacky indeed.
Probably needs to be washed every now and then. Check out how dark and grimy the stonework of the church is. No doubt from burning lots of coal for energy. I imagine the air inside the church might be very polluted by our current standards for air quality.
Cella
Spectator
Ahem! No genitalia! Not even a hint. No doubt a old observation made many, many times. Perhaps an art historian could explain. Or I could just google the reason why.
Guys get their stuff displayed for all to see:
Has there ever been a female equivalent of this? Even close? (In classic statuary, that is.)
Or this? (Not a very Herculean cock, is it?) The ladies above could at least have the hint of a cleft. Or would that have been considered obscene?Just as I thought!
https://www.alternet.org/2015/04/fascinating-reason-there-are-no-female-genitals-statues
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#2 is a Roman copy of a Greek original, Three Graces; #1 is an imitation of it by James (Jean-Jacques) Pradier, 1831. #3 is a reconstruction of the (famous but lost) Aphrodite of Knidos by Praxiteles, c350 BC, based on Roman copies. All three are in the Louvre. I don't think female pussies are much in evidence in classical sculpture, though I've seen (indeed got a little model of) an Etruscan one with a sort of schematic triangle with a slot.
It just looks pretty macabre: the crucifix was simply thrown upside down onto the stairs and sprayed down with the water hose.
