25-09-2025, 10:24 PM
That's about how far I'm comfortable going these days. Religious imagery was omnipresent, dominating every one of the visual arts. It seems clear to me that the VM artist(s) borrowed from that imagery.
This can be for as simple a reason as inspiration for poses. In other words, grab the most available images as examples because you suck at drawing.
But it can also be part of a broader programme, which is what I still believe. But I no longer pretend to know the artist's motivations. Pointing out iconographic similarities in pose and thematic content is more objective.
By the way: for the medieval viewer, Christ rising from the tomb is exactly the same story as Jonah emerging from the mouth of the fish.
This can be for as simple a reason as inspiration for poses. In other words, grab the most available images as examples because you suck at drawing.
But it can also be part of a broader programme, which is what I still believe. But I no longer pretend to know the artist's motivations. Pointing out iconographic similarities in pose and thematic content is more objective.
By the way: for the medieval viewer, Christ rising from the tomb is exactly the same story as Jonah emerging from the mouth of the fish.
