Portraits of Christ are trite tat. I think she improved it, hell, it's more historically accurate because Christ was probably a black dude with an afro.
Helpful Old Lady Ruins 200-Year-Old Portrait
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Cannot stop laughing. Cannot stop laughing. Cannot stop laughing. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! I really hope this spawns thousands of meme things. Hilarity can ensue.Quaidis said:This is only the beginning!
The real tragedy is that the place that held the picture had hired someone professional to restore it a few days after Ms Oldebag decided to fix it, herself.
that Restoration is so bad that it's funny
but i imagine art critics and art people alike must be sad at the sight of this
on the bright side it could be put in a modern art museum now as long as you add some bullshit "deep" meaning to it
or maybe it could still be restored but i doubt it
and mr bean
also stupid dish catchas
i miss the fun random ones
but i imagine art critics and art people alike must be sad at the sight of this
on the bright side it could be put in a modern art museum now as long as you add some bullshit "deep" meaning to it
or maybe it could still be restored but i doubt it
and mr bean
also stupid dish catchas
i miss the fun random ones
Oh boo hoo, one less painting of Jesus. He's easily the most depicted person in classical art. And nobody cared about the painting until this, even though it was clearly falling apart. They should give it back to her and let her finish it. At least her painting is unique.
Now this one has been one of the funniest news stories I've read in a long time. Bravo old woman.
That, of course, was her intention. It takes 80+ years to fully realise that point of view.Grenge Di Origin said:
She basically stole it to restore it, though as someone in the thread already pointed out, a couple days after the old woman had taken it, the place that was holding it had hired a professional to restore it, but of course they didn't realize she had stolen it. So people obviously cared about the painting. I'm guessing that the relative of the original artist, that the painting was being donated back to, wasn't too thrilled about what happened either.arbitterm said:
Coming from a Christian: It's just a painting. Foolish of her, but not terrible.
That said, beyond that it the attachment others have to the painting and that is what is really sad here.
Criminal punishment? Why? From the description of the article she's just angered her whole town by doing this.
That is punishment enough.
That said, beyond that it the attachment others have to the painting and that is what is really sad here.
Criminal punishment? Why? From the description of the article she's just angered her whole town by doing this.
That is punishment enough.
Well, the news bits I've watched seem to hint at that she did it without anybody's permission and anybody watching her doing it, and they used the words "took the painting". So, I just don't see how she could have done it in the church without anybody seeing her and stopping her.dunam said:
Edit: Well I feel something, because even though it wasn't considered valuable, it was over a hundred years old. That means the artist is long dead and one of the things that the family can remember the relative by has been defaced. A physical part of that family's history is gone.
The real tragedy of all this is that I've got relatives who are sweet, good hearted, well meaning, church going little old ladies like this but they're even worse artists than she is.
Well that was terrible, though I have a few questions, WHY did she think that this was a good idea? WHY didn't she at least try to practice and see that she was a terrible artist, and WHY didn't she stop at any point while painting and realize she was destroying it, and WHY didn't she ask if a professional was going to restore it.
It doesn't matter that Jesus was a common thing to be painted, it's always a shame when good art, that somebody took time and effort to make (no matter how old or how many of it there is), is wasted because somebody else thought they could do it better.
Sorry, your comment was a little old, so I tried restoring it, at least now it's unique.arbitterm said:
It doesn't matter that Jesus was a common thing to be painted, it's always a shame when good art, that somebody took time and effort to make (no matter how old or how many of it there is), is wasted because somebody else thought they could do it better.
