09-05-2016, 09:17 PM
(09-05-2016, 08:42 PM)ReneZ wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.The nymph isn't a good representation for Christ, but Koen already suggested that such a thing could be concievable.
Hehehe, turning the tables. I'm not sure if it would be possible for Christ to be depicted as a woman. So far - in the VM as well as in other MS's - I've only seen this in constellations based on myth. I.e. as soon as someone becomes the abstract thought of a constellation, apparently for some cultures is was conceivable to depict the body as female, no matter the actual gender of the person. This is not something I'm making up, as I've shown examples in the other thread of the constellations "Heracles" ans "Perseus" with female genitalia.
The Christ is a whole other story though. Is he a constellation, or do you think the VM authors saw him as such an abstract mythological concept that he might as well be pictured as a woman? Wouldn't that be blasphemy?