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minus-squareHeHoXa@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 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-up7arrow-down2·2 days agoProbably because the original depicts a cyclops devouring a man in a scene from The Odyssey
minus-squareImpound4017@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 day agoIsn’t the original painting the Titan Saturn (Cronus) devouring his son?
minus-squarewonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day 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