Sunday, May 27, 2012

Two things I learned in Madrid's Museums

1. If Christianity, like Islam and much of Judaism, had proscribed human images, most of the walls of most of museums would have been bare, with no Nativity scenes, crucifixions, disciples, etc.

2. Women's breasts in the past were much smaller than those of today, if the statues and paintings are any indication. Even Reuben's women, albeit more fleshy than some others, were comparatively small-breasted.