Saturday, December 24, 2011

Holiday Art

Although this work is an example of Dadaism, it is clearly a mother and child reunion. 

"The Virgin Spanking the Christ Child,"  by Max Ernst

2 comments:

Hermione said...

Creepy.

There's a folk ballad about it too. Jesus is older, and he kills three boys who are taunting him, so Mary cuts a switch and whips him. I forget the name of the song but was startled to hear it on a new CD I bought.

Hugs,
Hermione

Ted said...

And thus he turned the other cheek.