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Re: French train network hit by 'malicious' arson attacks hours before Olympics cerem
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Originally Posted by Damien
It's a bit confected, isn't it? The Last Supper has been parodied/invoked thousands of times by now. It's so famous that it's been used as a reference many times. I've seen comics do it, The Simpsons did it, South Park has done it, Lost did it, House MD did it, and Battlestar Galactica did it as a poster to advertise themselves.
That arrangement has to be one of the most used motifs in the history of Western art.
The cat is long out of the bag for The Last Supper being some untouchable work.
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It was a Dionysian Feast, not the Last Supper...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-dionysus.html
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'It was a representation of the event called the Feast of Dionysus. Greek God of festivity and feasting and ritual and theater.'
'The Olympics are from Greek culture and tradition. French culture is deeply rooted in feasting and festivity and performing arts.'
According to the theory the scene depicted in the opening ceremony was based on a painting called 'Feast of the Gods' by Johann Rottenhammer and Jan Bruegel, circa 1602.
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https://www.today.com/news/paris-oly...rsy-rcna163929
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The official X account for the Olympic Games shared photos of the moment and referenced Dionysus, Greek god of wine-making, fruitfulness and ecstasy.
“The interpretation of the Greek God Dionysus makes us aware of the absurdity of violence between human beings,” read a tweet captioning the photos...
...Appearing on French news channel BFM-TV Sunday, Jolly confirmed “The Last Supper” was “not my inspiration.”
“There is Dionysus who arrives on this table. He is there because he is the God of celebration in Greek mythology,” Jolly said. “The idea was to have a pagan celebration connected to the gods of Olympus. You will never find in me a desire to mock and denigrate anyone.”
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