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Cheeto devouring his nation

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  • A [email protected]

    Maybe you’re thinking Alan Moore in V for Vendetta?

    Artists use lies to tell the truth, while politicians use them to cover the truth up.

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    Definitely didn't originate with Alan Moore. I've seen it attributed to Pablo Picasso but I think the first is probably Aristotle.

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    • M [email protected]

      Ai, it's a parody of a famous painting "Saturn devouring his son".

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

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      I'm actually grateful that it is. I'd hate to think a human spent time on this. Imagine the psychological damage.

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      • F [email protected]

        Our nation not his.

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          Damn don't do Cronos like that

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          • B [email protected]

            Trump wouldn't eat the flag, he'd use it to wipe his shit

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            Nah, he uses the constitution for that.

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            • D [email protected]

              I'm sure there are quite a few people that would love to see him choke on a flag.

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              I'd watch that Seven death a lot.

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              • D [email protected]

                Who painted this? I want to buy this painting.

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                Quite likely their initials are A.I.

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                • whoisearth@lemmy.caW [email protected]

                  Insanity created some of the most definitely gothic images ever. Goya is so slept on. I'm especially partial to his etchings

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                  The political prints about Spain and Spanish politics are particularly interesting to me

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                  • F [email protected]

                    It's a reference to Goya a Spanish painter.we don't really know if this painting was about chronos, that's a theory.

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                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

                    Huh, neat. I tend to believe it is anyways with that previous sketch and simply belonging under the umbrella of Romanticism but there's some solid points there against it.

                    Just the point that the buttocks are too round to fit a typical male depiction is pretty compelling.

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                      Our nation not his.

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                      Prove it. It's not mine.

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                      • jacksonlamb@lemmy.worldJ [email protected]

                        Definitely didn't originate with Alan Moore. I've seen it attributed to Pablo Picasso but I think the first is probably Aristotle.

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                        I was actually expecting it wasn’t him and was hoping that I would find the original when I searched it but he was the only one that showed up - for my query at least. Thanks for the extra info!

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                          https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_Devouring_His_Son

                          Huh, neat. I tend to believe it is anyways with that previous sketch and simply belonging under the umbrella of Romanticism but there's some solid points there against it.

                          Just the point that the buttocks are too round to fit a typical male depiction is pretty compelling.

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                          Just worth pointing out: three of the five children eaten by Saturn(Cronus)were women, and the very first was Vesta(Hestia).

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                            If we ever have another elected president, I hope that one of their first acts after undoing literally everything that the orange menace has done is to replace every picture of trump in any government building with this.

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                            • B [email protected]

                              Trump wouldn't eat the flag, he'd use it to wipe his shit

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                              On the other hand, he’s well known for eating things he wants to hide. He eats notes after meetings.

                              I would be surprised if he hasn’t had someone redesign the US flag for him, based on his ‘vision’. So eating the flag to hide it is totally on brand.

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                                I was actually expecting it wasn’t him and was hoping that I would find the original when I searched it but he was the only one that showed up - for my query at least. Thanks for the extra info!

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                                Cunningham’s Law:

                                The best way to get the right answer on the internet is not to ask a question; it's to post the wrong answer.

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                                • S [email protected]

                                  This is based on Goya's famous painting "Saturn Devouring His Son", if anyone was wondering.

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                                  Imo in this original painting Saturn is horrified either to be doing this at all, or to be seen doing it.

                                  So I don't think the poetry transfers to trump here.

                                  I know this is shit posts but we're also discussing high art so...

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                                  • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksS [email protected]

                                    True, I just always want to know the facts about everything, no matter how insignificant, for historical posterity and my own curiosity.

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                                    Part of this art is that there really are no "facts". It was painted on the wall of his home some time before his death but wasn't found before he died. He never gave it a name or said anything about it.

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                                    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksS [email protected]

                                      One of my favorites. I wish we knew if that's really what he intended to depict - people just guessed.

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                                      Yeah he didn't even actually name this painting. We really don't know who the subjects are for sure.

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                                        Yeah he didn't even actually name this painting. We really don't know who the subjects are for sure.

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                                        4 feet tall and painted directly onto the wall of his dining room, too. My kinda guy.

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                                        • V [email protected]

                                          Imo in this original painting Saturn is horrified either to be doing this at all, or to be seen doing it.

                                          So I don't think the poetry transfers to trump here.

                                          I know this is shit posts but we're also discussing high art so...

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                                          It's hard to say for sure. I always interpreted his expression as maniacal rather than horrified.

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