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[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 38 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Why did that guy's pants rip open?

[–] Senseless@feddit.de 45 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It didn't rip open, it's easy access.

[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 15 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Senseless@feddit.de 22 points 6 months ago
[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 12 points 6 months ago
[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world 25 points 6 months ago

When the bloodletting and leeches haven’t worked it’s a quick bake to kill the demons

[–] corvus@lemmy.ml 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, It is MRI... Man Roughly Incinerated.

[–] 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)

That's quite the assumption

[–] 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)

can't unsee the circle thing

[–] 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

[–] Xantar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

And this is how they invented pizza. True story.

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

No pineapples in sight. Fake.

/s

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

Not to be too mean to medieval artists, since they're much better at art than I am, but why do they always have such weird-ass anatomy? Would it have been that difficult to have someone pose for reference?

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You'll need to find an extended explanation on your own but in essence - religion. The focus is on symbolism, and not on realism as it diverts attention and doesn't help you describe scenes from the bible.

I remember seeing some examples of paintings made by the same artists for secular and religious purposes, and the secular ones were realistic. But it's been quite a few years ago and the only thing I remember is that they might have been Italian painters working in the Eastern Roman empire that were recognised due to the messed up alphabet.

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 6 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] Shareni@programming.dev 7 points 6 months ago

Reverse perspective is more about symbolism than distance AFAIK

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Still doesn't explain red guy's contorted limbs and head, though.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You know how there are scenes in books or movies that make no sense in real life, but explain the story? Same principle

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

But the scene would tell the same story if he were anatomically correct. I guess I just don't understand medieval thinking.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well it wouldn't really if you couldn't see his face and halo because they're in the furnace, or if his hands weren't obviously in prayer due to the angle.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Oven guy isn't really the one that stands out as weird, it's red guy.

[–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Hmmm he looks like an owl in order to show his emotions for the martyr? I legit didn't even see his face before you mentioned it, my brain must be going medieval.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's his contorted neck and legs, they look...off.

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

The artist had a model. but he moved too much in this scene and they didn't find another one willing afterwards.

[–] SuckMyWang@lemmy.world 11 points 6 months ago

“Alright you’re going to hear some loud noises. It’s completely normal. They might sound like someone screaming in pain. All normal, try to relax.”

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 6 months ago

There will be cake afterward.

[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 months ago
[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

!trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca

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

I just assumed that's where we were

[–] raynethackery@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Martyrdom of St. Veit - Meister der Veitslegende - https://sammlung.belvedere.at/objects/36541/

[–] jonasw@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

A religious painting about one religious (an apostel maybe, or similar) being killed.

[–] Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 6 months ago

Only one way to find out.