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mediumaevum: Saint Sebastian Andrea Mantegna 1457-1459 In Western Art History I we’re moving into Early Christian and Byzantine art which I’m enjoying a lot because religious artwork is really interesting to me from a nontheistic cultural viewpoint. Anyway, we looked at this painting of St. Sebastian last Friday and I was kind of struck by how incredibly sensual this particular portrayal of the dude felt. So tonight I looked up different paintings of him over the centuries and they’re all like that, and upon further google-ing, apparently St. Sebastian has been resignified as an icon in the gay community over the last two centuries? I think the point here is that I’m really stoked that I’m finally declaring an art minor.

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Saint Sebastian

Andrea Mantegna 
1457-1459

In Western Art History I we’re moving into Early Christian and Byzantine art which I’m enjoying a lot because religious artwork is really interesting to me from a nontheistic cultural viewpoint.

Anyway, we looked at this painting of St. Sebastian last Friday and I was kind of struck by how incredibly sensual this particular portrayal of the dude felt. So tonight I looked up different paintings of him over the centuries and they’re all like that, and upon further google-ing, apparently St. Sebastian has been resignified as an icon in the gay community over the last two centuries? I think the point here is that I’m really stoked that I’m finally declaring an art minor.

3 months ago on February 19, 2012 at 11:48pm
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