The Blessed Virgin Mary

Is this your idea of the BVM?

  • Yes, the Virgin is often shown as a fashionable and attractive woman.

    Votes: 2 9.5%
  • No. She wouldn't be blond.

    Votes: 10 47.6%
  • Yes, but...

    Votes: 3 14.3%
  • Who is Charlie Dimmock?

    Votes: 6 28.6%

  • Total voters
    21
Personally, I've always had a thing for St Theresa and her passion.

Anyone else know that Bernini sculpture? St Theresa's having a spiritual orgasm as an angel stands over her with an arrow. It's one fucking hot pice of marble!

---dr.M.
 
Every time I hear or think of BVM, I think of a B. Kliban cartoon.

Mary's looking up at a cloud, very pregnant.

A voice is coming form the cloud saying, "I never said I'd marry you."
 
oggbashan said:
Is this your idea of the Blessed Virgin Mary?

The statue, created in 2000, is installed in the Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral. She is made of Portland Stone and twice life size.

Og

PS. The Cathedral Choirboys refer to her as 'Charlie Dimmock'

Well all I can say is she wouldn't have remained a virgin for very long looking and acting like that... who the f*** ever saw a blonde Arab anyway.

Jeez don't some of these sculpters and artists take the piss these days.
 
I'm surprised that...

...this thread has stayed on topic.

I don't agree with Pop that the artist was taking the piss. I think that he intended to shock preconceptions and get people to think about their idea of the BVM. To that extent I think he has succeeded.

Perdita's pictures show that the BVM was portrayed as a fashionable lady of the artist's time and culture. How would people, or the sponsor of the art, have reacted to an image of a working class or peasant Middle-Eastern woman?

Og
 
Re: Re: Re: Re: The Blessed Virgin Mary

snooper said:
No, I meant the prominent nipples.

Not quite so prominent but certainly present. No VPL.

Og
 
VPL

VPL = Visible Pantie Line. The line that shows through a dress, skirt or jeans where the panties end. Very distracting from the woman's image if she is wearing a slinky dress. Lack of pantie line might indicate that the woman is going commando. However whether she is showing a VPL or is going commando that is not to be taken as an indication that she wants an approach from you or anyone.

As the statue is carved from a solid block of stone, breasts, nipples and the presence or absence of a pantie line are deliberate choices by the artist.

Og
 
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