Hubert and Jan Van Eyck painted the Ghent Altarpiece in the 1430s. Oil paint was new, and the painting marks the transition from medieval to Renaissance art. The details are fascinating, as this video shows us. (via TYWKIWDBI)
Hubert and Jan Van Eyck painted the Ghent Altarpiece in the 1430s. Oil paint was new, and the painting marks the transition from medieval to Renaissance art. The details are fascinating, as this video shows us. (via TYWKIWDBI)
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Jesus !
So much detail !
So much blood !
So much ruining people's days !
And EWE ! that poor sheep.
And all that based upon a few fictional stories passed down by sand walking nomads ?
Imagine if actual real off world aliens had shown themselves back then, so that rather than people making up gods and demons to explain why the sun came up, and what happened to our bodies when we died, etcetera, we would have fact based knowledge (like we actually do, but who listens to that ?) and all the religious wars would have never happened.
God that would have been great.
Just to be clear, the bible does state that 'Jesus rode through the air in a vessel 33 cubits long with flames issuing from behind'
I understand that most bible believers only believe the bits that they like, and totally ignore the bits about space aliens and eating fish just before the weekend ... and I guess it is much the same for people who believe in the words of the koran, but I was never forced to read that in school by dress wearing monk like 'brothers' so I don't know much about that .... you can marry 8 year old girls ? is that one of their misogynistic rules ?
Most of that stuff is believed in because those people have not been blessed with. high level of intelligence.
Their gods forsook them in that regard, lol.
I'll never forget the art history class I took over 50 years ago where Van Eyck's painting of the Arnolfini Marriage was presented on a large screen. When you enlarge the mirror you can see the faces of the people observing the wedding. When you enlarge the dog at their feet you can see every hair. I loved that level of detail ... I was probably a little OCD.
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