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[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)

The thing on the head being in front of the opening as opposed to in it is really bothering me

Edit: the more I look at this, the more ridiculous it gets. That man went and ripped his pants. Also, am I the only one that sees Steve Buscemi?

The two figures in the back also have the circles around their head, and the one on the poor fella is clipping his hair. I'm going to assume this is not original

I stand corrected

Edit 2: I can't stop staring. The wooden legs don't match (I can't see any way of them being angled the same), and apparently if you take those skinny ass shoes off you get big toes the whole way down. Also, where are his nipples? My man in red has his chin behind his shoulder. Some sort of cremortionist

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 10 points 6 months ago (3 children)

(IMPOSSIBLE)

Big bonus points to anyone who legit updates that Wiki caption

[–] RecluseRamble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Holy human pizza.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Have we explored the idea that they are pulling him out of the oven?

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 3 points 6 months ago

The martyrium of St.Veit, Museum Belvedere, Austria.

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The thing on the head

It's a halo. Are people unaware of what halos are?

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They get depicted pretty differently in old art than they do in pop culture.

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This style of halos appear a lot in stained glass windows and those are in movies and tv shows often enough that most people have probably seen some.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's also in the opening scene of Monty Python's Life of Brian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxFr3t-tHw&t=178s

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, I am unaware that the solid object matching the wall was a halo. I had already thought of that but I have never seen one drawn in this way

Edit: Looks like using the wall texture as a halo was in fact a thing

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 3 points 6 months ago

cremortionist hath slain me.

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can't figure out what it is. It matches the wall the other two are against

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's a halo. He is a saint in Christianity.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Of course, the old solid wood halos!

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Originally halos depicted either a disk or escaping rays of light surrounding the head of the "holy person" in question, so people know who the good guy was and you're not supposed to cheer for the cremation or whatever.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Thank you for the explanation! Today I learned