The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agocowabungalemmy.worldimagemessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down11
arrow-up182arrow-down1imagecowabungalemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.worldM to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareHeHoXa@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up3·27 days agoWhy is this so horrifying and beautiful? Is it… encouraging or depressing? I don’t know… Even as I close my eyes the image remains, haunting my soul… Cowabunga
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·27 days agoProbably because the original depicts a cyclops devouring a man in a scene from The Odyssey
minus-squareImpound4017@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·26 days agoIsn’t the original painting the Titan Saturn (Cronus) devouring his son?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·26 days agoGuess so. I must’ve been thinking about something else. By the way, I wonder if this painting was inspiration for 進撃の巨人
Why is this so horrifying and beautiful?
Is it… encouraging or depressing? I don’t know…
Even as I close my eyes the image remains, haunting my soul…
Cowabunga
Probably because the original depicts a cyclops devouring a man in a scene from The Odyssey
Isn’t the original painting the Titan Saturn (Cronus) devouring his son?
Guess so. I must’ve been thinking about something else.
By the way, I wonder if this painting was inspiration for 進撃の巨人
That helps a lot actually, thanks
No problem