Saturday, September 15, 2007

Separated at Birth: Holy Martyrs, Batman!

St. George Killing the Dragon and 52 Week 30

L: "Saint George Killing the Dragon" by Bernardo Martorell (c. 1430-1435)
R: 52 Week 30 (November 29, 2006), art by J G Jones and Alex Sinclair
(Click picture to Smaug-size)




6 comments:

  1. Batman:
    He's Saint George AND the dragon.

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  2. The picture is inspired by a picture of St. Michael slaying Satan. http://www.wizarduniverse.com/magazine/wizard/002556013.cfm

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  3. Ah ha! Wonderful--thank you for finding that, Zergbane. That's a better fit than my pairing, but I won't change it now. Thanks!

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  4. You know Bernat Martorell!!

    I'm Awed.

    You have a big glass of Tigernut milk paid by me if you ever drop by Barcelona.

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  5. Gloria, when I was a tiny stuffed bull, me and my sister always used to play the "Masterpiece" board game of art forgeries and auctions. This was one of the paintings on a game card and I loved it even at that tender(beef) age. We used to make up funny comments, a la Mystery Science Theater 3000) (but years before that show premiered) about each painting. This one was called "Oh no, please stop stabbing my umbrella!"

    I would love some Tigernut milk! Can we go visit La Sagrada Familia too? It's one of my favorite buildings in the world!

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  6. Yes, of course you can visit the Sagrada Familia...Mind however, that the queueing is godawful! But then you can also go to La Pedrera, where there's queueing, but a bit less

    The alternate title of the painting make me LMAO, and reminded me of a building in the Ramblas of an old Umbrella shop -factory (now, hum, housing a bank) withfake Japanese/chinese decorations alongside the Umbrellas

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