Word: crucifixes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...naked slasher had sidekicks, two clothed men with sticks. What's more, the Guardian in London said the man was stopped by an off-duty cop-who used a piece of organ pipe to fight him off. The Scotsman says a bank clerk also fought with a pole-mounted crucifix...
...divine has lead humans to murder, war, persecution, suspicion, and a bevy of other moral wrongs. The funny (and much less extreme) situation that Smith uses pictures one Cardinal Glick (George Carlin) unveiling a less then admirable rendering of their Savior to promote his "Catholicism WOW!" campaign: The depressing crucifix has been transformed into a "Buddy Jesus," who gives all onlookers an optimistic thumbs-up. This outrageous movement illustrates one of Smith's principal ideas: Because we cannot absolutely know Him, people should have _ideas_ about God and His Word rather than beliefs. It is okay to have occasional doubts...
...scene of a tectonic morality play. Overhead, lights are just swinging into place over the balcony's edge. A crowd of performers is milling in the wings, brocaded and beribboned. In the pit a harpsichordist is bent over his instrument like a hermit at his orisons, wielding the tiny crucifix of a tuning key. A Cupid darts across the unclothed scene, her bow unstrung and one wing dangling. Someone jostles the stringed spear of a chitarrone, and two primped and padded militaries saunter on stage left. This is the dress rehearsal of Cavalli's Giasone, a baroque opera...
...left." She shows you yellowed photographs of John, 39, and the shadows begin to recede, and then she shows you the Bible that gets her through the day. Barely 5 ft. tall, she slides into her overcoat and pauses to make the sign of the cross before a cardboard crucifix as she slips out the front door...
Dosso's job was hardly simple. A 16th century court painter was expected to turn out anything and everything, from ceremonial portraits to painted coach panels, from large allegorical paintings to banners for tourneys, costumes for masques, sets for the theater (which Alfonso delighted in) and perhaps the occasional crucifix or emblem of chastity for the ducal mistress's bedroom. Dosso had to second-guess the veering tastes of his boss--flatter him, keep him interested. And then there were the courtiers to deal with...