November 2011
54 posts
suzannemaryse asked: it's inaccurate to call this "ugly Renaissance babies", because most of the images are from Byzantine/Medieval/proto-Renaissance periods...
Da Vinci, Madonna with the Yarnwinder
Note the masterfully executed chiaroscuro overbite.
(submitted by Kim)
Parmigianino, Madonna and Child with Angels and St. Jerome
Madonna of the Long Neck? How about Baby Jesus of the long everything. Seriously, Mary, your kid is clearly eight or nine years old at this point, stop the infantilism or we’re calling child services.
(Technically not the Renaissance, and we technically don’t give a shit)
(submitted by moosefetish)
keeleylax asked: As a history major in college right now, this is the greatest thing I have ever seen. Just showed it to my entire class and I think we were all crying laughing. Please don't ever stop!
