The beauty of the human body is bought into derision by its wearing socks and the loss of hope for the earth is represented by the gas mask. Adam is no longer necked, his wardrobe consists of a mask and socks. An imaginary character is bringing him to life, while two cans of spray lay beside him. The central character in the episode of creation does not life too seriously since it did not even take the socks out. Adam's whole attitude is the very expression of carelessness and a certain degree of laziness. He leaves himself in the hands of a cartoon character to save him from destruction.
Five centuries later, the Creation episode of the Sistine Chapel becomes a motif for a pop artist who wants to present the world with the results of its foolishness and lack of better judgment. The capital of "western Christendom" was presented to the Christian world by Pope Julius II through its many emissaries among whom: artists. Vatican was a city of pilgrimage and the symbols represented in artworks had to be powerful and up-to-date. On a different scale,, but almost as powerful in its message, Jimmy Cauty depicted Adam, the representation of our collective carelessness and foolishness when it comes to the saving of our own world, being given spirit by a Mickey Mouse as a Supreme Creator. If one would take the image seriously and consider Mickey as the symbol of innocence, the image could be interpreted as the corrupted spirit of mankind being saved by innocence. But, Mickey Mouse represented numerous other often contradictory theories.
The necked image of an adult young man who lies under a Mickey Mouse God is also grotesque. Its initial graciousness and greatness is reduced to a great deal by the fact that it wears socks. The mask is another element that adds to the impression of witnessing something that is rather suggesting the idea of imperfection than what the image originally signified. The dignity and beauty of the human body and the greatness...
Another work of art using nudes was dated as having been created by the end of the Hellenistic period is that of Laocoon Group. The sculpture was inspired by a legend and it is the depiction of the epic fight between Laoccon, his sons and the snakes. The admiration for the beauty of the human body that can be seen from the sculptures created during the Hellenistic period reflects
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