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[Denilson3.0]

• I always find animals video's funny.
• This just looks too painful
• Evel Knievel would be proud of this
• Sexual Harassment !!
• That's football - Soccer skills right there
• I know I shouldn't but insulting each other in an Indian accent is just funny to me
• This is simply the best pool shot you will ever see in your life
• Bruce Lee would be proud of this

[NoSavingByTheBell]

• I always find animals video's funny.
• This just looks too painful
• Evel Knievel would be proud of this
• Sexual Harassment !!
• That's football - Soccer skills right there
• Insulting each other in an Indian accent is just funny to me
• This is simply the best pool shot you will ever see in your life
• Bruce Lee would be proud of this

damn that motorcycle jump is something! Guy just stands up and pushes back his hair hahaha. And the Bruce Lee thing was incredible. Once in a million right there. Too painful and pool shot were really good, Ill watch the rest in a sec. Good post!

[Beanz]

[TIC]

why would that be there?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Columba_Altarpiece

[Beanz]

why would that be there?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Columba_Altarpiece

Its a painting, not a photograph, as in painted years after what could well have been fictional events. The Flemish Primitives are defined in part by the mystical power they invest in such a realistic rendering of objects. In this tryptych you can see icons in the other panels too. This is at a time when people were starting to question the idea of a flat earth, end of late middle ages and the renaissance is just around the corner. His aim is to move you emotionally in a deeply religious and devotional narrative that not only depicts the magi, Gabriel but also the temple linking both old and new testament. Primitive as in early, not naive, and certainly not third rate Dan Brown conspiracy fodder. Fucking hell man (:

Thanks for sharing. Can we talk about Van Eyck next? The leading light in that group of painters?

[Beanz]

Netherlandish altarpieces were made not just as storytelling devices, but also as a conduit for Christian's devotion. They are interesting (and you can see it in the Rogier van der Weyden above) that in order to facilitate this the characters are often dressed in contemporary dress, not that which the people depicted would have worn (have a look) and the architecture is not always ancient or middle eastern but familiar to the local worshipers. It then becomes not so much of a surprise that the crucifixion is their in the nativity scene. He wants you connect to the stories when the altar pieces are opened out on holy days. He is reminding you of the purpose of Jesus life.

I have a theory that The Annunciation is such a recurring theme in these altar pieces because they are a reminder that the wealthy patrons (it is often their patron saints on the outside of the panels) are trying to justify their own role as Lords or Kings, as though that feudal role was also bestowed upon them by Gd.

[El Kabong]