*grins wryly* You point out the same "textbook exposition" that I despised. And I stopped reading after Chapter One, 'cause I just couldn't take it anymore. I'd have killed less brain cells using it to bash in my skull, I'm sure. ;)
It's one of those things you do just to see why there's a fuss. That, or for Ian McKellen. *amused*
Yeah, pitchforks are actually less common than tridents. Especially in an art history context. A statue holding a child likewise could be any number of sculptures or paintings, not just that particular one. The Madonna and Child are like the most painted subject ever at the time, second only to crucified!Jesus.
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It's one of those things you do just to see why there's a fuss. That, or for Ian McKellen. *amused*
Yeah, pitchforks are actually less common than tridents. Especially in an art history context. A statue holding a child likewise could be any number of sculptures or paintings, not just that particular one. The Madonna and Child are like the most painted subject ever at the time, second only to crucified!Jesus.
(I was such an Art History nerd.)
Mmm, British. *coughs*
So it was better than expected? Considering?