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I am reminded by seeing this that God–surrounded by nudes–is himself clothed. Is God a prude? Or is this Michaelangelo’s way of saying “no way am I showing God naked.” Why is it that he who created us is so uncomfortable with his body that he has to be clothed? Interesting.
don’t know how accurate this is but i read that the chapel’s master of ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena declared depictions of nude bodies in church obscene, and he hired the Michelangelo’s apprentice, Daniele da Volterra, to conceal genitals in the artwork. Adversely, Michelangelo painted Cesena as Minos, the ugly judge in hell.
i thought the ad was going to be for a brain surgeon, given the Creation of Adam panel is thought to resemble the cross section of a human brain.
as for plastic surgeon… talk about having a god complex.
March 3rd, 2010 at 11:40 am
wow…in case any can’t read the small print, it’s an ad for a plastic surgeon
with the tagline, Be born again”. See:
http://www.artandads.com/pics/michelangelo-and-the-finger-of-god-elevator-ad/
March 3rd, 2010 at 1:31 pm
I am reminded by seeing this that God–surrounded by nudes–is himself clothed. Is God a prude? Or is this Michaelangelo’s way of saying “no way am I showing God naked.” Why is it that he who created us is so uncomfortable with his body that he has to be clothed? Interesting.
March 3rd, 2010 at 2:05 pm
It seems that MICHaelangelo had the problem…..
March 3rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
don’t know how accurate this is but i read that the chapel’s master of ceremonies, Biagio da Cesena declared depictions of nude bodies in church obscene, and he hired the Michelangelo’s apprentice, Daniele da Volterra, to conceal genitals in the artwork. Adversely, Michelangelo painted Cesena as Minos, the ugly judge in hell.
i thought the ad was going to be for a brain surgeon, given the Creation of Adam panel is thought to resemble the cross section of a human brain.
as for plastic surgeon… talk about having a god complex.
still, great use of an image.
March 4th, 2010 at 1:34 pm
[...] born again March 4, 2010 i too came across this while avoiding work. thank you Peter Rollins. [...]
March 5th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
HA HA! Plastic surgery!
You wanna talk about genitalia censorship, check out the cheese that is Left Behind: Eternal Forces (00:10)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi334U5oHc8
April 24th, 2010 at 10:08 am
brilliant. I think I’ll repost it on my blog, if you don’t mind…