On The Recurrence Of Forced Sex Thematics In Roman Crucifixion Art And Literature

[Apostate]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

 

[Barbaria1]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

certainly one of my favs!

 

[thehangingtree]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

Drink more... I could see clearly

 

[Apostate]

I've posted two of these Roberts drawings before, but not as a set. Which as the viewer can see is a kind of a natural progression.

 

[Naraku]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

You'd think an event like this would draw a bigger crowd. Must be an advertising problem. Colosseum management needs to hire a new public relations staff to generate buzz for spectacles like this.
As for what to do with the old staff:

 

[thehangingtree]

I've posted two of these Roberts drawings before, but not as a set. Which the viewer can see is a kind of a natural progression.

One of which Tree borrowed years ago when he crucified Eul...

 

[LittleSiss]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

Adjustments ok?



Everyone is leaving and now they bring me out?????????????

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Barbaria1]

Adjustments ok?

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Everyone is leaving and now they bring me out?????????????

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

Somebody added some color to that, didn’t they?

 

[thehangingtree]

Adjustments ok?

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Everyone is leaving and now they bring me out?????????????

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is intermission... We'll all be back...

Somebody added some color to that, didn’t they?

...and I thought my eyes were bloodshot...

 

[bobinder]

This manip is only peripherally on topic. Literally. Look wa---ay over on the right, up against the arena wall.

I'm posting it because it really is one of the most well done mass crucifixion scenes I've ever seen. I only wish I knew a.) who the artist is and b.) if there's a higher-res version available.

Ticket sales are poor today, in spite of the spectacle on offer.
New to me, and I do not know who made it, but it is very convincing.
Great find Apostate - I will borrow this one, if I may!

 

[Apostate]

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Great find Apostate - I will borrow this one, if I may!

Be my guest. FYI, unlike virtually everything I post, this one was new to me too.

Adjustments ok?

Well doggone done, dear lady. That golden haze o'er all pleases the eye.

One of which Tree borrowed years ago when he crucified Eul...
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Tree, I do hope Eulalia's ID tag didn't damage your ---, ah, nice adaptation, guy!

 

[Eulalia]

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Ticket sales are poor today, in spite of the spectacle on offer.
New to me, and I do not know who made it, but it is very convincing.
Great find Apostate - I will borrow this one, if I may!

Most of what's in it seems familiar, though I'm not sure that particular scene is -
i.e. I think it may be a manip using figures from other sources.

 

[bobinder]

Most of what's in it seems familiar, though I'm not sure that particular scene is -
i.e. I think it may be a manip using figures from other sources.

A late work by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824 - 1904) entitled, 'Departure of the Cats from the Circus' (1902.) Some of the figures in the manipulation are Gérôme's originals but all of the naked females have been added, including at least four identifiable Makar models.

The girls have been crucified on Gérôme's previously incinerated bodies. I am not sure that Damian would do that, although he has certainly used Gérôme backgrounds. Alas, I do not know who the manip artist is.

 

[Apostate]

The girls have been crucified on Gérôme's previously incinerated bodies. I am not sure that Damian would do that, although he has certainly used Gérôme backgrounds. Alas, I do not know who the manip artist is.

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Are those supposed to be halos floating above the burnt crucified bodies? Odd detail for an otherwise grimly realistic painting.

 

[bobinder]

Are those supposed to be halos floating above the burnt crucified bodies? Odd detail for an otherwise grimly realistic painting.

Yes they are halos - not Gerome's style, and I think they have been added rather crudely. They also appear in the manip, albeit not well placed for the new crux figures.

 

[Apostate]

Yes they are halos - not Gerome's style, and I think they have been added rather crudely. They also appear in the manip, albeit not well placed for the new crux figures.

I thought those were oval shaped, brightly bordered tituluses (tituli?).

How odd.

 

[Apostate]

Another croix de deux, artist unknown.

 

[Apostate]

Another peripherally on-topic pic (eyes left in this one, people). This is a venerable Damian manip, adapted from the painting by some French dude, and reimagined by the creators of Asterix.

Defeated at Alesia, Vercingetorix throws down his arms at the feet of Caesar . . . officially, Gaul is conquered . . .

OUCH!!!!

Again folks, first picture, eyes left.

 

[Apostate]

Another logical progression, this one by Ferres. I've seen his stuff around forever, and for reasons that resist analysis have never been able to warm to his style.

But I like this set, and the guy is good.

 

[Apostate]

From Jastrow, a variation on the old "Mother looks on in agonized horror as daughter drains unspeakable degradation to its dregs before herself being nailed naked to the cross" story, a family favorite told and retold down through the generations.

Next we have high octane blasphemy fuel, an incident during the Crucifixion not found in the canonical gospels. Some scholars interpret the female figure as Mary Magdalene, but my researches lead me to believe she is the Samaritan woman at the well in John 4:4-26, receiving the promised "living water." Artist unknown.

Compare and contrast. All papers are due on Friday.