Now to lighten the mood: The 11 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Religious Paintings

[cleanhippie]

Regardless of how you feel about religion, you can't deny that it has given us some of the greatest art of all time. Think about the pressure it puts on an artist -- Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel ceiling knowing that he was trying to capture the most absolute expression of beauty, creation and perfection imaginable.

It's really easy to get this kind of painting wrong. Terribly, hilariously wrong.

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#11. The Introduction by Nathan Greene


#10. The Undefeated by Stephen Sawyer


#8. Calvary by Stephen Sawyer
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#7. No Appointment Necessary by Stephen Sawyer
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#4. How to Recognize Jesus by Consuelo Udave


#3. Via Dolorosa by Jon McNaughton


#2. One Nation Under God by Jon McNaughton


#1. The Difficult Case by Nathan Greene
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[demwing]

1. Why does Jesus look more like a Nordic stereotype

and less like an Israeli stereotype?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Please tell me that #10

is on black velvet....
right above someone's collection of beer cans.

[onager]

3. In #2 Via Dolorosa - isn't that Karl Marx?

Over there on the far right - ironically enough.

If that is Marx - is it possible that "Jim McNaughton" is a pseudonym for a couple of Constant Posters in this forum?

(Thanks, CH - great post. As you know, I'm a big fan of Sophisticated Theology.)

[Lucy Goosey]

5. Yep - and that's Stalin, Napoleon, Hitler, Henry VIII and Kim Jong Il behind him...

This painting is...very strange.

From the author's site:

This painting has over 100 figures, both good and bad, men and women that have left their footprint on Christianity. The man in the middle represents the modern Christian...a man who must decide whether or not he will stand up for his Christian beliefs.

http://www.mcnaughtonart.com/artwork/view_zoom/?artpiece_id=413#

My favourite detail might be that the artist included himself in the artwork - he's kneeling in front of Martin Luther and beside Mother Theresa. Self-important, much?

[Evoman]

4. Strangely enough, #1 looks like me when people talk about Jesus.

"You still here? I'm really busy Jesus, so if you don't mind I have to get back to saving lives. Quit feeling me up, please"