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Monday, February 22
A Thurible from the Church of St. Anthony, Padua
Source: Taken from the otherwise mediocre work Postwar Churchbuilding.
But how tall is it, really? I'm having a hard time getting a sense of scale, what with the grainy background. If it's, like, a foot tall, then the artist must have lost his eyesight going all that filigree.
It reminds me of one of those 3-D Christmas Trees with the little houses and people "inspired by the art of Thomas Kinkade" that they sell in the magazine ads.
But, on the other hand, unlike the Kinkade trees, which are pure ornamentation, this supposedly serves a function, and from the picture alone, I'm left to wonder if form allows for function (though there is only one real way to find out - fire that sucker up.)
smokin'
ReplyDeleteWho'd they use for thurifers, bodybuilders? The idea of swinging that thing pretty much boggles my mind.
ReplyDeletePeace,
--Peter
Want!
ReplyDeletegilding the lily!
ReplyDeleteBut how tall is it, really? I'm having a hard time getting a sense of scale, what with the grainy background. If it's, like, a foot tall, then the artist must have lost his eyesight going all that filigree.
ReplyDeleteCool beans, anyway.
I bet it's pretty small, or at least normal-sized. Meredith is probably right the poor guy lost his eyesight in the process...
ReplyDeleteIt reminds me of one of those 3-D Christmas Trees with the little houses and people "inspired by the art of Thomas Kinkade" that they sell in the magazine ads.
ReplyDeleteBut, on the other hand, unlike the Kinkade trees, which are pure ornamentation, this supposedly serves a function, and from the picture alone, I'm left to wonder if form allows for function (though there is only one real way to find out - fire that sucker up.)