Modern Madonna And Child

[Lil Red]

[quote name='MIkolbe' timestamp='1287405848' post='2180325']
i like it and i dont like it at the same time.
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yeah it's almost like where her hair is at, makes her seem alluring.

[Lil Red]

[quote name='Mr Cat' timestamp='1287421995' post='2180397']
Its just a christmas card... not an icon of veneration. I think some people are taking this way too seriously.
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umm, did you just join phatmass or something? lolz

[Mr.Cat]

[quote name='Lil Red' timestamp='1287422155' post='2180400']umm, did you just join phatmass or something? lolz[/quote]You replied before my obligatory thousand edits. My posts are like something out of the oven, let it sit for a moment. Did I JUST join Phatmass, sometimes.

[MIKolbe]

you're funny

[Fidei Defensor]

I like it because it portrays Mary in a human way. I've seen it mentioned that she looks funny or what have you, but how do you think she really looked, in everyday life? Did she stand around, hands folded in prayer, with a halo? No. She lived, like us. I take issue that everyone seems to believe that religious figures basically stood around their whole lives looking "good."

[Archaeology cat]

I like it.

[Dscherck]

I think it's a wonderful piece of art. I'd love to have a copy of this for my home.

[sixpence]

Yes I like it.. except I dunno how guys feel about Mary looking That attractive..

Something I thought was hilarious...
I thought the two figures in the background looked extremely "Zelda: Windwaker"-esque;
I go an look at the rest of the persons stuff on deviantart and.....HAHA

[img]http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/137/6/1/___Blue_eyed_Beast____by_ninebreaker.jpg[/img]

[Socrates]

Face/hair looks like some emo silly sally.

I'm personally not a fan.


Ok, maybe I was a little harsh, but the face and hair convey to me surly rebellious modern teen angst more than purity and holiness.

More like some cute chick you might run into in a mall or someplace than the Mother of God. There's really nothing in there to lift one's thoughts towards reverence or contemplation of higher things, at least from my viewing.
And those two angels or whatever they're supposed to be in the background looked like they were saying, "Whoa! Dude, check her out!"

I can't speak to the artist's intentions, but it seemed to me like it was trying too hard to make Mary seem modern, sexy, or "relevant."

[ardillacid]

[quote name='Socrates' timestamp='1287440797' post='2180521']
Face/hair looks like some emo silly sally.

I'm personally not a fan.


Ok, maybe I was a little harsh, but the face and hair convey to me surly rebellious modern teen angst more than purity and holiness.

More like some cute chick you might run into in a mall or someplace than the Mother of God. There's really nothing in there to lift one's thoughts towards reverence or contemplation of higher things, at least from my viewing.
And those two angels or whatever they're supposed to be in the background looked like they were saying, "Whoa! Dude, check her out!"

I can't speak to the artist's intentions, but it seemed to me like it was trying too hard to make Mary seem modern, sexy, or "relevant."
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Concurrence

[Dizzy]

Much of the religious art depicting Mary is...well, boring to say the least, and she always look VERY European, which she wasn't. I feel like Mary probably had a few bad hair days; it can't be easy being the Mother of God in ancient Palestine. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/saint.gif[/img]
She may have been a virgin but that doesn't mean she wasn't beautiful.

[Mr.Cat]

[quote name='Socrates' timestamp='1287440797' post='2180521']I can't speak to the artist's intentions, but it seemed to me like it was trying too hard to make Mary seem modern, sexy, or "relevant."[/quote]WOW!!! You think the image is sexually attractive in some way? Serious problems dude.

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='Dizzy' timestamp='1287442296' post='2180523']
Much of the religious art depicting Mary is...well, boring to say the least, and she always look VERY European, which she wasn't. I feel like Mary probably had a few bad hair days; it can't be easy being the Mother of God in ancient Palestine. [img]http://www.phatmass.com/phorum/public/style_emoticons/default/saint.gif[/img]
She may have been a virgin but that doesn't mean she wasn't beautiful.
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Religious art is what it is, however that does not give an artist license to portray Mary in such a way that compromises her integrity or what we know to be true about the Mother of God. Of Sacred art (which is different than religious art) I have never seen any of the Mother of God I would consider boring. Thats like saying that Mass is boring, it usually means the person who thinks it is boring does not understand it.

[Fidei Defensor]

[quote name='Brother Adam' timestamp='1287444350' post='2180539']
Religious art is what it is, however that does not give an artist license to portray Mary in such a way that compromises her integrity or what we know to be true about the Mother of God. Of Sacred art (which is different than religious art) I have never seen any of the Mother of God I would consider boring. Thats like saying that Mass is boring, it usually means the person who thinks it is boring does not understand it.
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Note what I said earlier. You seem to believe that anyone believing Mary looked anything other than boring all the time is somehow wrong. Was she not human?

[CatholicCid]

[quote name='Brother Adam' timestamp='1287444350' post='2180539']
Religious art is what it is, however that does not give an artist license to portray Mary in such a way that compromises her integrity or what we know to be true about the Mother of God. Of Sacred art (which is different than religious art) I have never seen any of the Mother of God I would consider boring. Thats like saying that Mass is boring, it usually means the person who thinks it is boring does not understand it.
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Out of curiosity, in your opinion, does this image compromise the blessed mother's integrity? And if so, how?

I'm assuming that it doesn't show anything untrue about the Theotokos.