In the past two days, the southern Spanish city of Seville launched a non-governmental ** activity.
The reason for this was that a local painter, Salustiano García, created a poster of Jesus to celebrate the upcoming Easter, and the locals thought the poster was problematic and demanded that it be removed.
And the portrait that was ** is this one....
Portrait of Jesus by **).
Locals thought the poster depicted Jesus as too handsome, a little feminine, and suspected of blasphemy...
So here's the problem, the Jesus in history didn't **, no one knows what it really looks like, it's too beautiful to paint?!
Some people in Seville say that it really doesn't work...
First of all, Spain is a predominantly Catholic country with relatively conservative religious views.
Secondly, the upcoming holiday is still Easter.
Easter, as the name suggests, is a holiday that commemorates the resurrection of Jesus on the third day after his crucifixion, usually on the first Sunday after the full moon of the vernal equinox.
Since it was Easter, the image of Jesus had to fit the theme of the resurrection
When Jesus came back from the dead and crawled out of the cemetery, he must have had a vicissitudes of life on his face, and he still had unscars on his body.
Most of the paintings of the past have shown this, and the resurrected Jesus is either dressed in a white robe with a sad face.
Paintings of the resurrection of Jesus).
Or show the scars and show the world....
Jesus after the resurrection shows wounds).
Whatever the scene, Jesus, which fits the Easter theme, is basically the image of a bearded, middle-aged man in war...
The classic image of Jesus: a bearded middle-aged man).
García, however, intends to be different, and he subverts the image of Jesus from the beginning:
Let your own son, Horacio, be a live-action model of Jesus.
Horacio, a live-action model of Jesus).
After the painting was completed, everyone was presented with such a Jesus:
He was no longer a sympathetic middle-aged man, he didn't wear a crown of thorns on his head, only a loincloth wrapped around his waist, and the scars on his hands and chest were almost invisible.
More importantly, he did not have a painful expression, but his eyes were full of vitality.
Two days ago, when the painting was publicly exhibited, it immediately attracted overwhelming criticism.
garcía exhibited paintings).
Social media is full of complaints about the painting, and there are roughly these words:
Shameful, inappropriate, too pretty, too modern, completely contrary to the Easter tradition of Seville.
And the worse criticisms are:
This Jesus was "too feminine" and looked "gay."
In the face of the overwhelming accusations, García herself was unmoved. He insisted:
There is nothing revolutionary about this painting, I use all the religious elements that have been used for the past seven centuries. ”
Some people say it's a gay Jesus, and that's just because he looks sweet and handsome! Please, we live in the 21st century, okay! ”
Horacio, who is a model for Jesus, was also interviewed, and he confessed:
This surprised me a little because I did it all with awe. ”
Father and son pose with the portrait).
Despite the criticism of the public, the mayor of Saville strongly supported the painting
Some posters are adventurous, some are classic, and some are bold. I love this one anyway. ”
Of course, Easter has not yet arrived, and the opposition has not given up and demanded that the poster be removed.
Others have launched campaigns online, which have garnered more than 14,000 signatures.
Whether this handsome version of Jesus will be successfully exhibited at the end of March will be ...... to be seen