Painting is a depiction of Satan incarnate
https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/satan-summoning-his-legions
Satan summoning his Legions, 1796-1797
Sir Thomas Lawrence PRA (1769 - 1830)
RA Collection: Art
Thomas Lawrence’s grandest history painting attracted strong reactions. It is dominated by a muscular male figure, naked apart from his sword, helmet and some carefully placed drapery. He is Satan, the rebel angel, who has been sent to Hell. Standing by a lake of fire, he summons his followers. The subject is Milton's ‘Paradise Lost’, Book I, line 330, 'Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen'.
Lawrence made a bold decision to paint this imposing painting for the 1797 Royal Academy Annual Exhibition, where it was titled ‘Satan calling his Legions. First Book of Milton’. It attracted attention and criticism at the exhibition and even before it was finished, when people saw it in Lawrence’s studio. The painter Richard Westall RA was sceptical about it, stating he ‘did not think Lawrence qualified to paint Historical subjects. He has little of the creative power.’ (Joseph Farington’s Diary 12 April 1797) During the installation of the exhibition John Hoppner RA said he ‘wd. Give £100 to have Lawrences Satan out of room, as it takes effect from his pictures.’ (Joseph Farington’s Diary 25 April 1797) In 1830 the painting was exhibited at the British Institution with the line from Milton as its title, 'Satan! - Awake, arise, or be for ever fallen!'
Competition with Fuseli
Lawrence’s Satan was seen at the time, and since, as being very close to, even deliberately competitive with, some of the work of Henry Fuseli RA. Joseph Farington reported 'Fuseli considers Lawrence having taken up a subject from Milton as something like opposition to him.’ (Joseph Farington’s Diary, 12 April 1797) The RA Annual Exhibition opened to the public on 1 May 1797. That day, Fuseli wrote that, perhaps to upstage Lawrence, he was planning a 14-feet high picture of ‘Satan on the flood’ and in that context he wrote of Lawrence’s Satan, ‘what the Exhibition Shews to oppose me, I have seen, and I am confident that my Rival in this work is Yet to Come.’ Fuseli is also reported by the Redgraves to have described Lawrence’s Satan as ‘a damned thing certainly, but not the devil.’ (David H Weinglass, The Collected English Letters of Henry Fuseli, 1982, p167)
Possible meanings
David Bindman does not discuss Lawrence’s picture specifically, but suggests that for English artists in the 1790s, Satan’s ‘heroic defiance of the Almighty could be taken as a model of resistance to a distant and arbitrary power… The French Revolution, especially as it passed beyond the stage when English radicals could regard it as a new dawn for humanity, began to appear even more Miltonic, as destruction, chaos and envy seemed to attend it, as they did Satan on his travels across the universe. Milton could be seen, depending on one’s degree of revolutionary commitment, as a prophet of Revolution, who had foreseen its inevitable collapse into tyranny, or alternatively had witnessed its hard and painful progress before it could achieve its aims.’ (David Bindman, The Shadow of the Guillotine, Britain and the French Revolution, exh cat, British Museum Publications, 1989, p166)
Michael Levey instead prefers a contextualisation based on Lawrence’s childhood interest in Paradise Lost ‘which can be said from childhood to have haunted Lawrence’. Levey saw the painting before it was conserved, ‘No amount of darkened varnish and discoloured paint can conceal the imperious pose of Satan’s naked, muscular figure, with arms upraised and eyes glaring out from a helmeted head. The rest of the composition must always have been shadowy, intentionally subordinated to that single form.’ (Levey 2005, p129)
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Critical responses
The painting has a reputation for being a critical failure. The outspoken critic and satirist Anthony Pasquin wrote:
‘The frequency with which we have been annually compelled to notice the daring folly of our callous Artistes, in assuming the baton of an historical Painter, before they had even a common knowledge of the human anatomy, has filled us with regret, yet it appears, that no warning can refrain their lunacy, nor any admonition amend their manners:- before Michel Angelo, or Rafaelle, attempted to walk in this path of sublimity, they added the force of incalculable and unremitting study to the purest and strongest endowments, and even then they took up the pencil tremblingly, well knowing the complicated difficulties of the pursuit. "But fools rush in, when angels fear to tread." The picture is a melange, made up of the worst parts of the divine Bonarotti [ie Michelangelo], and the extravagant Goltzius: the figure of Satan is colossal and very ill drawn: the body is so disproportioned to the extremities, that it appears all legs and arms, and might, at a distance, be mistaken for a sign of the spread eagle. The colouring has little analogy to truth as the contour, for it is so ordered that it conveys an idea of a mad German baker, dancing naked in a conflagration of his own treacle! (A.P. [Anthony Pasquin] Royal Academy. Twenty-Ninth Exhibition, [1797] In Royal Academy Critiques, Vol. II, p10)
However, other critics were more positive, if negative about some details:
‘The artist has evinced his exertion of powers in this picture to the extent of poetic enthusiasm highly descriptive of a vigorous mind and excentric [sic] imagination. But in such moments of impassioned energies, there is the greatest danger of carrying genius to the verge of extravagance and indecorous representation. With out any desire to check the ardour of a warm fancy, the following caution is submitted to Mr. Lawrence. In all designs for public exhibition, a regard should be paid to the morals of the spectators… Female delicacy must be shocked at such a monstrous display of the human form as an entire nudity except where the sword is girted [sic] to the thigh. But with respect to the picture, it has certainly much transcendent merit. The character is sublimely impressive of a mind devoted to the horrors of mischief. The attitude is grand, sublime, and terrific… One of the greatest beauties in the whole picture is the tone of dismal glare diffused over the body of Satan contrasted with the gloom in which he is, otherwise, enveloped… It must, however, be observed that the light on the eye-brows being too strong, and not so judiciously managed as it might have been, gives an appearance of two pieces of transparent horn instead of eye-brows. Some few defects in muscular expression are also visible. But these are "trifles light as air" when weighed in the balance of all the excellences of this extraordinary performance.’ (A Companion to the Exhibition of the Royal Academy, containing Critical Sketches of the Principal Paintings with a Key to the Portraits, London, 1797, pp21-23. In Royal Academy Critiques, Vol. II)
The strong, often negative reactions to the picture from artists and critics meant ‘Lawrence never again attempted a completely imaginative composition.’ (Levey 2005, p130) ‘He never displayed any ability to execute the non-portrait compositions of which he dreamed. Satan Summoning his Legions may have been unfairly stigmatised at the time, though it… lacks the effortless originality of several major portraits he had previously painted… Haunted doubtless by the example of Reynolds, himself managing only fitfully to escape the shackles of portrait painting.’ (Levey 2005, p11)
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Fourteen years after painting Satan, Lawrence expressed pride in it, and wished he had devoted more of his time to history painting. On 29 October 1811 he wrote to Joseph Farington: ‘I have been out with Lord Mountjoy… to show him my Satan… and I am returned most heavily depressed in spirit from the strong impression of the past dreadful waste of time and improvidence of my Life and Talent. I have seen my own Picture with the eye of a spectator – of a stranger – and I do know that it is such as neither Mr West, not Sir Joshua, nor Fuseli could have painted. I will request you to go with me and confirm this judgment.’ (Lawrence letter RA/1/289; published in G. S. Layard, Sir Thomas Lawrence's Letter-Bag, George Allen: London, 1906, p84)
Celebrity Models for the Figures?
There is an often repeated tradition that the model for Satan's body was boxer John Jackson, the face was based on the actor John Philip Kemble (brother of the actor Sarah Siddons) and the figure hidden in smoke at Satan's feet is based on Sarah Siddons herself. The evidence for this appears anecdotal, perhaps in part originating from Williams who says an 'uncommonly powerful man' who was a childhood friend of Lawrence was the model for Satan (D.E. Williams, Lawrence, 1831, vol. I, pp16-17) and Whitley, who says 'the youthful Fanny Kemble… fancied that she could trace in its fierce and tragical expression some likeness to her uncle and aunt, John Philip Kemble and Mrs Siddons.' (William T. Whitley, Art in England, 1821-1837, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1930, p326). By the 1950s the entire tale of Jackson, Kemble and Siddons being models is presented as fact in Douglas Goldring, Regency Portrait Painter, 1951, p110.
Lawrence did seek Siddons’s views, on the painting, ‘I have consulted her and her brother on my picture of Milton… I had projected a material alteration in the action of my figure, and asked his opinion of it. He… told me, “it was not natural.” I asked Mrs Siddons, if she agreed in his decision? “Certainly,” she said, “if in painting from Milton it is the natural you look for.”’ (West, 2012, p3)
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no reason, surely. /s
Leviticus 11:7-8
King James Version
7 And the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you.
8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you.
(you)
YHWH
anon is a (you), aren't (you)?
simple rules are not hard to follow. discipline is for some, however.
Matthew 8:32
King James Version
32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters.
then you are of the unclean spirits and are of your father the deceiver. thanks for self identifying. choosing sin and being unrepentant is an easy identifier, as is pride in such pursuits. May your judgement be merciful
https://twitter.com/newstart_2024/status/1793350064976392510
Camus
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Dr. Meryl Nass: "Nobody in the US government actually knows all the high containment labs that exist in the US. They don't need to be registered. You can have private BSL 3 or BSL 4 lab. You can do your own experiments in it or you can, the CIA can have their own lab and no one knows about it…"
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1:35 PM · May 22, 2024
Army range training. How TF is the RSO, the filmer, and Chief Instructor allowing/teaching this?
https://twitter.com/Mrgunsngear/status/1792982965510606906
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@Mrgunsngear
Let’s check in on the US Army… 👀
#army #military #women
waste of fucking ammo. Supply all prepared citizens w/ that 5.56, 7.62, 9mm, etc, as we, by and large, are actually training AND the army changed standard weapon and caliber to a proprietary, non-NATO 6.8. Which seems to anon to be an intentional additional step in the direction of self sabotage.
the thing those who are choosing between food, medicine, and housing are doing. no one else seems to be, however
https://unctad.org/news/unrealized-potential-palestinian-oil-and-gas-reserves
The unrealized potential of Palestinian oil and gas reserves
28 August 2019
Oil and natural gas resources in the occupied Palestinian territory could generate hundreds of billions of dollars for development.
Geologists and resources economists have confirmed that the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) lies above sizeable reservoirs of oil and natural gas wealth, in Area C of the West Bank and the Mediterranean coast off the Gaza Strip, according to a recent UNCTAD study.
New discoveries of natural gas in the Levant Basin are in the range of 122 trillion cubic foot while recoverable oil is estimated at 1.7 billion barrels, according to the study, entitled “The Economic Cost of Occupation for the Palestinian People: The Unrealized Oil and Natural Gas Potential.”
This offers an opportunity to distribute and share about US$524 billion among the different parties in the region and promote peace and cooperation among old belligerents, the study notes.
These funds could finance socioeconomic development in the oPt as part of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
However, so far the Palestinian people have been prohibited from exploiting the oil and gas reserves in their own land and water to meet their energy needs and generate fiscal and export revenues.
This increases both the opportunity costs and the total costs borne by the Palestinian people as a result of occupation, the study states.
Assessing economic cost of occupation
In a number of UN General Assembly resolutions, UNCTAD has been asked to assess and report on the economic cost of occupation borne by the Palestinian people.
The study focuses on oil and natural gas due to their high value and critical importance in potentially meeting basic Palestinian needs for energy, and fiscal and export revenues.
It identifies and assesses existing and potential Palestinian oil and natural gas reserves that could be exploited.
Also critical are the new oil and natural gas finds in the Eastern Mediterranean that Israel has begun to exploit for its own benefit, while these resources may be considered shared resources, as the oil and natural gas exist in common pools.
“What could be a source of wealth and opportunities could prove disastrous if these common resources are exploited individually and exclusively, without due regard for international law and norms,” the study warns.
Costs enormous and escalating
Israel’s exploitation of Palestinian natural resources, including oil and natural gas, imposes on the Palestinian people enormous costs that escalate as the occupation remains in effect, the study cautions.
It highlights the peculiarities of oil and natural gas as non-renewable resources, arguing that current generations are not necessarily the only owners of these resources that straddle national borders and can thus be jointly owned by multiple states and generations.
It also recommends further detailed studies to clearly establish the Palestinian people’s right to their separate natural resources, as well as their rightful share in the common resources collectively owned by several neighbouring states in the region, including Israel.
The study comes ahead of the release of UNCTAD’s report on its assistance to the Palestinian people, slated for 10 September.
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filling DUMBS and private bug out bunkers
>A new kind of warfare. One where your own government is the antagonist
nothing new about that at all. Since at least Nimrod time
being a civilized and pleasant slave is still being a slave. Wake up. This has been the way of things for as VERY long time. the masses are fleeced, labored, and harvested, while being mesmerized and drugged to not realize the extent of it.
As long as there have been kings, there have been slaves.
not a comparison, a fact. your acknowledging it at such, does not negate its being so.
You are a slave, we all are, and that is the condition we (most of us ) are here to end.
We exist on a global human livestock plantation
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where do you think you are? this human experience? you dont see bars, but you are an owned slave in a prison.
you cannot freely travel outside of you plantation of origin without permission (visa/ passport)
you cannot move to and work on another plantation without paperwork
you own nothing, not subject to the owners confiscation
you cannot pass along untaxed properties or holdings when you die
you are not granted easy access to wellness, only the sick-care for-profit industry of cut/drug/burn
you are drugged to be docile, confused, stupid, and immoral in food, water, drink, and air
you are manipulated by EMF technologies and television
you have no rights to privacy or not being searched
your food and water supply is controlled and contaminated, as is the air
your children are required to submit to institutionalized indoctrination
your labor is taxed to offset the costs of your keep, as well as enriching the wardens
everything else is a distraction, to keep us from seeing this
peace.
>Bidenomics Is DESTROYING The US Economy
Bidenomics is the BIS, WEF, and the UN?
Aim higher, WSA
>Who can I call to pray for me?
>Someone is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to pray for you.
anons
now do federally backed mortgage loans (Freddie Mac and Fannie Mac). all of them, and give all homeowners their allodial titles.
The 'money' loaned never existed anyway, thus the contract build on fraud was itself illegal, yet the 'buyer' has contributed time, resources, and labor to service an illegal debt under threat of having all 'equity' confiscated, and being evicted.
missed at least one other:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/congo-coup-who-are-the-americans-tied-up-in-failed-putsch/ar-BB1mScVO?ocid=BingNewsSerp
Congo coup: Who are the Americans tied up in failed putsch?