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...other hand, the workmanship sometimes detracts from rather than enhances the original purpose of the crucifix. In one case the base of the cross is a Gothic facade in exquisite miniature-little itty-bitty buttresses and gargoyles, teeny-tiny colonettes...prompting one to wonder whether the faithful were ever able to tear their amazed eyes away to examine the serious stuff topping such a masterpiece of minutiae...

Author: By Sonja R. nikkia, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Art of the Cross | 4/6/2001 | See Source »

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Author: /time Magazine | Title: Phobias From A to Z | 3/24/2001 | See Source »

...Catholic cleric has already spent nine years in prison, and last week he was in trouble again. Vietnamese authorities detained him in the central town of Hue and jailed two of his assistants. State-run newspapers obediently denounced him; one daily ran a photo of the priest holding a crucifix, under the headline: people's traitor unmasked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sins of the Father | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

...prevent this, Mazzoleni should consider stopping by St. Paul's for a crucifix and some bread and wine before leaving for Tr0oy, N.Y. While he's at it, swing by Hillel and be sure to know at all times which way is East. Someone's god has to be hot this weekend...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The "V" Spot: Hey, Itsa the Popa | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

...described as "the leader and chief instigator" of a band of "fiends." As the gent steps out of his chateau, we're confronted with Jesus Christ. The bearded one then takes a young woman back into his lair, and screams are heard from behind the door. Cut to: a crucifix covered in women's scalps, THE END. Protests over this sequence, and the film in general, in local newspapers caused a group of fervent rightists to invade the theater showing it, where they sliced up the screen, attacked the audience physically, and destroyed the original Surrealist canvases adorning the theater...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Not-So-Discreet Charm of Luis Buñuel | 11/30/2000 | See Source »

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