I am not religious. I’m not an atheist, but the word agnostic just sounds difficult. Secular Humanist? I’m not sure. What I’m getting at is that I don’t believe in God, so going to churches for three weeks is really getting tiring.
Yesterday we went to the Vatican to check out the museums and the Sistine Chapel. The first couple galleries were what I expected, the Sistine Chapel was impressive, but I was really taken aback by the modern art wing. There was some pretty cool stuff in there honestly. But this post is not about that.
But the first gallery we went to was renaissance/byzantine painting. Misia and I devised a way to get through this particular gallery. Many of these paintings are very serious. Very very serious. So serious are they that they have some really odd and funny imagery. Here’s a good sampling from this gallery.
The look on this baby’s face is a bit disturbing.
Is this guy pointing at the scriptures with a boner?
Are these the three stooges of the angel world? What is it with floating heads. There was also a painting featuring an arch of babies heads that I didn’t get a photo of.
I think this guy lied about his talents.
West-Side!
Nice monkey shoulder-pads.
I don’t have a clue what’s going on here. Really bad gas? Why is Jesus on this dude’s back? What is this?
So there you have it. Once you find the absurd details the rest is a breeze.