Saturday, February 23, 2019

Hidden in Plain Sight?




Here is the view from the central entrance into the Pope Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. Construction of the Hall was completed in 1971:




This is the sculpture that sits (dwells? lurks? seeths?) behind the chair of the Pope at the center of the stage of the Hall during papal events:




It is called “The Resurrection,” though, truth be told, a dozen words come to mind when I look at this, and not one of them is “Resurrection.” It was completed and installed in 1977.


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