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Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Worst Art Restoration in History

An elderly parishioner in Spain took it on herself.  Jesus as Monkey Man.  Now faces lawsuit. (Getty images left)

2 comments:

Laurence Glavin said...

Several years ago, Discovery, the print magazine, and Discovery, the cable channel, did a piece on how Jesus MIGHT HAVE LOOKED IN REAL LIFE (assuming he really existed). They eventually came up with the visage of a Semitic man, somewhat similar to actor Alan Arkin, but a little more Jewish. And he might not have had a beard. Saul of Tarsus claimed to have seen Jesus personally and later wrote (or some later scribe wrote down) that it's unnatural for a man to have long hair. (He wasn't fond of short hair on women, so were he living today, would probably NOT be a fan of Rachel Maddow.

Anonymous said...

We are organizing a petition to stop the church from restoring the fresco to its original state. We like it as it is! Its an improvement! If you agree please like this page
http://t.co/8MNraqNS