These are pre-Christian Imperial Roman catacombs. The important part is the Imperial. People seem to forget that Rome was Authoritarian, and extremely, homicidaly so.
Yep, Christianity is filled with stuff like this and art. Most churches contain a decent amount of art. Most famous of all being the Sistine chapel, ofc. Found out this year about The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Which is basically the Pope’s main church. Always assumed it would be the one in Vatican, but no, it’s a different one, in Rome. It’s a very impressive place. Huge statues. This being the best. St Bart is said to have been skinned alive, hence the knife and his face.
I’d disagree. Stuff like this springs out of acts of popular piety. When you teach that the relics of people in heaven can work as prayer aides, it’s a foregone conclusion that some may want to to wallpaper a prayer space with the highest class of relics.
It’s an unanticipated reaction to authority, ergo punk.
pyrflie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It really isn’t. Punk is what fights this shit. This is Authority.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
The look of it. I still have trouble beliving the Catholic church has this? It looks like art.
pyrflie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
These are pre-Christian Imperial Roman catacombs. The important part is the Imperial. People seem to forget that Rome was Authoritarian, and extremely, homicidaly so.
LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 months ago
It still looks cool
nyctre@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yep, Christianity is filled with stuff like this and art. Most churches contain a decent amount of art. Most famous of all being the Sistine chapel, ofc. Found out this year about The Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran. Which is basically the Pope’s main church. Always assumed it would be the one in Vatican, but no, it’s a different one, in Rome. It’s a very impressive place. Huge statues. This being the best. St Bart is said to have been skinned alive, hence the knife and his face.
yannic@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I’d disagree. Stuff like this springs out of acts of popular piety. When you teach that the relics of people in heaven can work as prayer aides, it’s a foregone conclusion that some may want to to wallpaper a prayer space with the highest class of relics.
It’s an unanticipated reaction to authority, ergo punk.
pyrflie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I can’t tell if you are stupid or counter counter punk. My brain glich shorted out the rest but I will be looking at your posts, so good on ya?
yannic@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
I edited for clarity to explain that I’m referring to the subgenre pop punk, which one could easily argue is not punk.
Zehzin@lemmy.world 2 months ago
What if I steal it?
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Iconoclasm is punk?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 months ago
If it destroys an Empire it sure is!