Hellenistic Art (3rd-1st centuries BC), Author(s): But HOLD UP: Made WHAT exactly?!? However the tables turned under the Obama administration when sanctions were imposed on the fund “as part of a raft [of Medusa?] On the other hand, Jimmy Fey is a representative of black people in the entertainment industry and mass media; he means well, but his intentions have been co-opted by the normalizing, status quo-reinforcing forces of white-led capitalism.”. The painting above titled Salvator Mundi (Christ as World Savior) was “found” sometime in the 21st century by supposedly removing a hideous painting covering up the “long missing Leonardo original”, thus “restoring” it to its “real” image–which could now conveniently be sold for millions of dollars under the code name Da Vinci. Hop in the whip, wanna see the stars EMBED (for wordpress.com hosted blogs and archive.org item tags) Want more? Like the worst of tourists, these cultural “icons” come in, snag some selfies with a few recognizable works, leave, and instantly post it up on their social media (in their case, the Beyonce VEVO). and the emergence of the Roman Empire shortly before the birth of Jesus. Perhaps there were just blissfully ignorant of its existence–like they clearly are of most humans on the planet art in the museum. (What a sight to behold: I’m frozen as stone and can’t think for myself I better ask Google). Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. Ironically, in the same breath, “In their possession were 16,558 priceless original paintings and sculptures, many of which were later auctioned to finance the Reich, or rather, the Nazi individuals who used the money for their own gain” (warhistoryonline.com). The statue has sometimes been thought to be a replica, freely inspired by an original from the late 4th century BC, because of its resemblance to the Aphrodite of Capua (Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples) — a similar style Roman work, copy of a Greek original. Essentially two blocks of marble, it is comprised of several parts which were sculpted separately (bust, legs, left arm and foot) then fixed with vertical pegs, a technique which was fairly common in the Greek world (especially in the Cyclades, where this work was produced around 100 BC). Venus de Milo's Extraordinary Journey and it's Current Location. I dunno, maybe it has something to do with consumerism and art, both of which are implied however explicitly in Katy’s 2014 video This Is How We Do. Such is the nature of self destruction. There is a certain (sur)reality to it all–and upon close(r) inspection, this “reality” is not limited to what your two physical eyes perceive (i.e. Nor have I seen the Hollywood feature presentation of it, nor read any other Dan Brown books for that matter. De beeldhouwer gebruikte het in de oudheid beroemde witte marmer van Paros.Het beeld werd in 1820 door een boer in een veld gevonden op het Egeïsche eiland Melos (Italiaans: Milo… Haskell (Fr. According to the Louvre website, this stone sculpture has been dated by archaeologists to be from 2600 BC (…or earlier). It wasn’t until 1989 however that entrance to the art and artifacts was rooted out as an underground atrium and topped off with a glass pyramid. So, to be just: just as they are entitled to their “opinion” (which generates multi-million dollar sales), every individual who looks upon the reflection of Salvator Mundi is entitled to determine for themselves if it is real or not and what that even means to them. Now in 2018, there are some eye-opening clues hinting that Mona has more to do with the Pledge and its flag than previously could have been imagined or made up. Cultuur & Media Ooit ooit Den Haag: de stad die er niet is, maar had kunnen zijn. The painting stands as a synthetic view of human life abandoned to its fate.” I don’t know what “synthetic view” the viewer who wrote that interpretation has, but propositions for humanity set forth in APES**T are grotesquely $ynthetic (i.e. And it is cleverly whipped up seamlessly in the rich cream of a fancy expensive music video “created” by billionaire “artists” in an art museum which they possibly rented (invaded with permission). But what does that mean?!?!? One thing probably most if not all of us are inevitably ignorant of is the Venus de Milo‘s arms. Bronze de qualité Vénus de Milo 26 cm sculpture statue VENUS OF VON MILO | Art, antiquités, Art du XXe, contemporain, Sculptures, statues | eBay! Da Vinci remains one of the most–if not the most–meticulous and perfectionist illustrators of the physics of reality–and yet the orb and its reflection are not painted to those standards. The lies are sad in many ways. Het is immers een Grieks beeld, gevonden op een Grieks eiland (Melos dus) en vooral: het speelt een rol in een discussie over welke Griekse kunst het waardevolst was. Venus as ankh in upright orientation places the world sphere (life) above the crucifixion of matter, representing the reality of immortality. EN:Venus von Milo. We must individually free our Consciousness from the ever-revolving carousel of fake history and identity which is not representative of our true, present existence. Can we deduce that IF Beyonce is, from some “different angle”, positioning herself as being equal to Mona Lisa, then Trump a year prior promoted himself as equal to the Second Coming? So colonialistic of them! Het beeld werd vermoedelijk vervaardigd rond 130 v.Chr. Plus, she’s not the only armless statue in the world. They aren’t doing s**t except posturing in few areas of the Louvre in fancy clothing doing some (c)rap gimmick and arm flailing equipped with a gang of faux-nude demonically possessed women. “Solid glass or crystal, whether shaped like an orb or a lens, produces magnified, inverted, and reversed images…Instead, Leonardo painted the orb as if it were a hollow glass bubble that does not refract or distort the light passing through it” (thisinsider.com). Could this have something to do with the JAY and Kanye track “Niggas in Paris” released in 2011, in which they “got my niggas in Paris and they goin gorillas, huh” followed by “I don’t even know what that means / No one knows what it means, but it’s provocative”. As complex.com states, “Rest assured, nothing The Carters do is by accident”. This blog features articles and art composed by Celeste Evans. : MA 399 - Location information is Aufbewahrungsort - Ironically–though we were not told this–most adults don’t do the Pledge of Allegiance at their workplace, do they? De Venus van Milo of Aphrodite van Melos is een wereldberoemd Grieks marmeren beeldhouwwerk.Het beeld werd vermoedelijk vervaardigd rond 130 v.Chr. 8000m2 fenced garden and a huge Pool. The marble may have been embellished with (now faded) polychromy. Artnet.com relays: ““What does it mean to host a black cultural moment in a traditionally white space?” asked Kimberly Drew, the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s social media manager, on Twitter.” Since the article doesn’t really give a definitive answer, perhaps the title of the article (which is from @TabloidArtHist) lays it down: “I May Need to Lie Down”. It was subsequently put on display, as it now is, in the Louvre Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates: an “art and civilization museum” established November 8th 2017, by a “thirty-year agreement between the city of Abu Dhabi and the French government” (wikipedia) (sounds like some epic collateral being established…and I wonder who else is in on it?). venus van milo. How about colonialism? Marie-Bénédicte Astier. APES**T is a demonstration of usurpation in which Bey and JAY attempt to re-carve some sort of history into some sort of image of/for themselves. Laugier (L.), « La Vénus de Milo », Feuillet pédagogique du Musée du Louvre, 3, n°50, Paris, 2001. Available images: 0. Leonardo was not ignorant to the nature of reflections, as his pages and pages of sketchbook studies attest. The ankh upside-down places the cross of matter (death) on top of the world sphere (life) as illusion. Regarding the original Sphinx of Giza, there’s an important detail (among many) which The Carters may be aware of but which most people are probably ignorant of: it most likely did not originally have a Pharaoh’s head. Plus: the notion that the Louvre is a “historically white space” is true in a 1950’s sense. The Marquis de Rivière presented it to Louis XVIII, who donated it to the Louvre the following year. HOLD UP: didn’t Bey’s younger sister Solange already do a stint of occupying a white space with black bodies at the Guggenheim, nearly exactly a year prior to the filming of APES**T? The green ankh is the real life current-see in the blindness of the all-seeing eye. It was like we were suddenly in the know, whereas those in previous grades weren’t. Could the recent proliferation of blatantly inverted interpretations have to do with The Carter’s “undeniable control of their narrative” (racked.com)? Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Since Christie’s does not offer a reason for the treason of an over-painted Leonardo, the viewer is left to their own reflective capabilities to figure out why someone would paint over a Leonardo in the first place, especially in the manner seen below: This little node of current art “history” circulating in the mainstream is perhaps a microcosm of a multitude of inverted reflections being painted out in the world sphere. And again, not unlike the Nazis, they–whoever they may be–fashionably like to promote the Apocalypse: But wait, it gets better (worse!). Now lets make a case demonstrating fake reality vs reality: Fake over-painting via lighting “effects”: In space-time the view is actually very diverse: I mean seriously, you #call “The Carters” standing at the top of the stairs in APES**T “music artists”?!? and the emergence of the Roman Empire shortly before the birth of Jesus. Go to content There is no concrete (pun intended) evidence that the Sphinx we can visit today is the Sphinx it has always been. It’s an unfortunate blatant contradiction that she seems hellbent on tearing down walls that she also apparently built. Die Restauration der Venus von Milo / von Geskel Saloman. seem to share the same sentiment as expressed by the lyrics of APES**T: “I can’t believe we’ve made it”. What happens if you “ever seen the crowd go apes**t”? Is racism love? Idyllic Finca with 11 apartments to rent on the Spanish Costa Blanca. Speaking of red, white, and blue: at least the President and his First Lady faced the Second Coming: Whoa, are they straight up trying to trump the President? But HOLD UP–again–“to bring the beat back” a la Katy Perry: what’s Katy Perry got to do with The Carters? The goddess is shrouded in mystery, her attitude a persistent enigma. What a deal! However: art deliberately deals in the aesthetics and meanings of images, and for an arts publication to overtly blindside the hidden-in-plain-sight aesthetics and imagery saturation is simply deliberately swallowing the blinding pill of ignorance (I guess they are just covering up one eye? Some geologists (scientists studying the physical realities of planet Earth) have determined that the obvious erosion of the Sphinx was due to water. No one that we know of seems to know what happened to them or how they were originally positioned. playing dress-up as) Pharaohs of their culture and art (I guess). © 2005-2011 Musée du Louvre - Tous droits de reproduction réservés, Découvrir le Louvre - Missions et projets, Découvrir le Louvre - Louvre, mode d'emploi, Comparer deux œuvres autour du thème de la Nativité, Aphrodite, called "Aphrodite Leaning Against a Pillar". At first one of the lifeboats towed the raft, but eventually the now-infamous captain abandoned it in order to save the boat…Only fifteen people survived (five of whom died soon after), and these survivors told harrowing tales of death, cannibalism, and a fight for survival”. Ironically, The Carters taking possession of the Louvre in APES**T is also financing their own gain/game. The physical form is a mask which is not reflective of Whole Truth. to deal with, which is apparently in opposition to the “internet’s tendency to reduce everything to free”. In 2018 it doesn’t seem like the Venus will need to be physically removed from her pedestal to prevent her from being stolen by an occult-driven nationalist-socialist fascist-totalitarian-imperialist regime. Consider this painting a post premonitory antidote to all the APES**T: The image above is of a real oil painting of the Venus de Milo statue, with her arms restored. It should be as clear as the glass pyramids on a sunny May day in Paris that the song has nothing to do with the imagery presented in the video. In addition, the imagery appropriated, juxtaposed, and created in the video has nothing to do with the fabricated narratives that are being spun and propagated through the Media web and directed at the consumer population. The inclusion of this painting compounds motifs and themes referenced throughout the video: colonization, conquest, conflict, racial difference, human suffering, and death. no. Go to search But what is their game? I only paid $6o for a pass that gave me admittance everyday for a week, and I could shoot as many pictures and video as my camera could hold. I thought it was supposed to look more like this: IF, by chance, what has been laid bare in this article is still incredulous within your current reality frame, I suggest watching the official video of APES**T–first with the sound on, and then with it off. Do you think its helping their life circumstances?). Pasquier (A. Like the Sphinx, these current events are woven as riddles bound to be unbound in no time. I visited the Louvre for the first time at the beginning of May this year, which–synchronistically–happens to be the most probable time APES**T was filmed at the Louvre. However, like the “royal portrait” which the Sphinx of Tanis and the Great Sphinx of Giza supposedly are (aren’t), there’s a lot more hidden in plain sight in the sands of time (granted your head is not in the sand). Venus van Milo On december 27, 2015 mei 4, 2018 door Jona Lendering in Archeologie , Cultuur , Geschiedenis , humaniora , Klassieken , Museumstuk , Oudheid 9 reacties Het beeld hierboven – het derde in mijn eindejaarsreeks over museumstukken die niet waren wat ze leken – is wereldberoemd: de Venus van Milo. Online vertaalwoordenboek. All those who have purchased a ticket for this period will automatically receive a refund—no action is required. According to whether she held a bow or an amphora, she was Artemis or a Danaid. It’s hard to tell by appearances, but apparently their “politically charged album” featuring the Planet of the APES**T theme track has a bonus track titled “Salud”, which pays some sort of toasted wafer to President Trump (breitbart.com). Oh, and need I point out that this image (which is also the cover of the album) is obviously a reference (rip off) to (of) a Carrie Mae Weems (real artist) photograph from 1990? REMEMBER: the Devil wears many guises. Is is because, I dunno, art is important or something? The orb could indeed have been depicted as such to represent that Christ would reflect the world as it is, not its inverted image (but couldn’t you say that in this sense Christ is reversing the reflection from how it naturally is?). ], 1895. In other words: its just another load of APES**T. It’s just the tip of the pyramidal iceberg, folks, and it melting fast! OK, so lets look at their “narrative”  via the lyrics of APES**T: “Rah, gimmee my check” / “Bottomless check” / “I got expensive habits” / “Get off my dick”, Can’t be toppin’ my reign (c’mon, c’mon, c’mon) The statue reflects sculptural research during the late Hellenistic Period: classical in essence, with innovatory features such as the spiral composition, the positioning in space, and the fall of the drapery over the hips. Thelily.com states, “It’s also critical to note that traditionally in museums and galleries, art is displayed on white walls or in white spaces to allow the art to be viewed without distraction. This generates cognitive dissonance, and essentially creates a division in one’s perception between logical and emotional comprehension. Proper noun . Some brief cross-sections of media around the world wide web explaining the meaning(s) of APES**T reveal a thread of narratives running parallel to the video, perhaps in an attempt to fabricate a Mandela Effect into existence to serve some ulterior motive. The other parts of her arms are history. Her nudity contrasts with the effects of light and shade of the finely-detailed drapery. This window of Greek art was the bridge between the Classical period ending at the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C. However in my classroom, deviating from those standard required public school amenities, happened to be a poster of the Mona Lisa–which, I was told, was famous and important because her eyes appeared to follow you everywhere. U mag ook “Afrodite van Melos” zeggen, wat wellicht passender is. (I don’t have a Twitter account, but trust me, I graduated from art school before the world ended in 2012, I’m educated on this, no nuclear bluff). As a remedy to any psychological damages incurred, I suggest watching the 1972 Afrofuturist film Space is the Place, featuring music magician Sun Ra and his Arkestra. The statue won instant and lasting fame. Die Venus Von Milo: Ein Neuer Versuch Ihrer Erganzung, Erklarung, Und Wurdigung: Kiel, Friedrich: Amazon.nl Selecteer uw cookievoorkeuren We gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare tools om uw winkelervaring te verbeteren, onze services aan te bieden, te begrijpen hoe klanten onze services gebruiken zodat we verbeteringen kunnen aanbrengen, en om advertenties weer te geven. Come on, with a supposed “net worth” of 1 billion and a $40mil private jet, and they’ve only visited the most visited art museum in the world 4 measly times (and always for selfies)? Like Bey and JAY rapping and flailing around in front of masterpieces, Hitler probably suffered from a massive case of an inferiority complex (though rather than going apes**t, he was more the anal retentive type). In 3rd grade, we were simply all guided to “Just Do It” (as the Nike slogan goes): and so every morning before lessons began we would stand in unison behind our desks, hands over hearts, and repeat the words of the teacher at the front of the classroom. Though this statue of a topless, armless woman is referred to as Venus and hence Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, according to the Louvre website, she could have been any number of related goddess figures: Artemis, Danaid, Amphitrite etc. op. Gratis verzending vanaf 20,- ; Bezorging dezelfde dag, 's avonds of in het weekend* Translations . 320 likes. Über die restauration der Venus von Milo auf grund der fundberichte Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. The missing pieces of marble and absence of attributes made the restoration and identification of the statue difficult. -- 74 s., 4 s. il. Vind hoogwaardige nieuwsfoto's in een hoge resolutie op Getty Images Topics interwoven in the text include art, photography, poetry, nature, the occult and esoteric, dreams and visions, historical considerations, explorations and revelations of the deeper realities of the human world, both ancient and contemporary, as well as personal experiences. -- Stockholm : [s.n. are deceived by). (Is this the real threat of global warming? According to Vox.com, “As the New York Times has pointed out, it is not actually that expensive to shoot a video in the Louvre (about $17,500 for a full day’s shoot)”. At least part of Venus’ arm(s) went missing upon the re-discovery of this lost statue in 1820 on the Greek island of Milos (wikipedia). At least part of Venus’ arm(s) went missing upon the re-discovery of … In the same direction, the unsubstantiated idea that the substantial pyramids were tombs for the dead is being uprooted and uprighted, as physical evidence manifests demonstrating the electromagnetic function of the pyramids as power generators. After all, haven’t you ever seen the crowd goin apes**t?). The Tuileries and Carrousel gardens remain open. en men denkt dat Alexandros van Antiochia de beeldhouwer was. Love, Life, and Truth returns as the fake over-paintings are wiped off the face of the Earth, restoring the eternal kingdom which reigns forever and ever. racial violence), within and against (i.e. Translations in context of "Venus von Milo" in German-English from Reverso Context: Das ist die Venus von Milo. There is no “resistance” involved in transactions lubricated with pitchforked over $$$ (most likely laced with ulterior motives), and the only solidarity they are showing is with their own minority group of the 0.666%. She may even be a copy (replica) of a copy (replica) of an older Greek statue from the Classical era (~500 B.C.). Paradoxically, to put it simply: there are no hidden meanings: they are showing it as it is. Like many shots in APESH**T, this appropriation is an inversion of the message of the original artwork. Cultural desecration? To the left of the American flag which hung eternally limp in the windless classroom on its golden metal stalk protruding from and bolted to the wall (and which we were supposed to keep our eyes fixated on), was a standard public school black box television with VCR, positioned high up in the corner of the room. Advanced embedding details, examples, and help! After seeing her sans arms in the Louvre, I decided I’d do a little painting to give her back her arms which are rightfully hers. These kinds of trans-national transactions give the images of the Trumps looking at the Second Coming and The Carters looking at Mona “a different angle” from which to view the world. lekker winkelen zonder zorgen. As to why Solange was putting on this whole secret ceremonial show, lyrics to a song performed revealed that “this sh**t is for us”. There were not enough lifeboats when the Medusa capsized, so the carpenter on board engineered a raft for 147 of the lowest-class soldiers and settlers. Maybe that’s because “concrete change” is an oxymoron, moron. EMBED. After all we’ve been through and through, the arms of the Venus de Milo remain a mystery. After having thoroughly trolled the Louvre a few months ago–at times listening to diverse music on headphones while looking at all of the diverse art–I find myself at the end of the mess of APES**T yawning from how boring the music noise was and how unconvincing these people are in their presentation of what they want you to think they are. The goddess's air of aloofness, the harmony of her face and her impassivity are stamped with the aesthetics of the 5th century BC; the hairstyle and delicate modeling of the flesh evoke the works of 4th-century sculptor Praxiteles. :Milo) in … It’s really not black and/or white. We go to the dealer and cop it all (cop it all) …In the meantime, “history” continues to implode…. Charbonneaux (J. The comb in the video just so happens to have a handle in the shape of a clenched fist representing solidarity with Black Power–a racially driven “resistance movement” which was not in solidarity with the civil rights movement (a la Martin Luther King Jr.), but rather in opposition to it, essentially promoting segregation, racism, and violence. sculpture. (This is so like Planet of the Apes a la survival of the fittest…in which we must eat each other to survive!). Jahrhunderts … But if you still insist on watching a music video promoting a whole new world order featuring pyramids and a Sphinx (but which is truly about love and sung with actual voices and meaningful lyrics) I recommend this movie clip from 1992. Instead the article draws attention to the fact that the dude is wearing fashionably ripped jeans and “worn” (Nike) sneakers (though I dunno, they look pretty new and spiffy to me…). Is this what music/art actually looks like? The Medusa was part of a fleet of ships trying to reclaim Senegal from Great Britain as a French colony. It is a trigger image which exploits, objectifies, and subjugates ideals which are emotionally, psychologically, and politically sensitive topics for the worldwide population at this time–topics which the video repeatedly plays up/on by bombarding the viewer with images of separation, difference, repression, and inequality. As I pointed out in the very first article I posted on May 29, 2016 titled “The Problem With Image Over Substance“, Beyonce posing in front of a work of art in a museum does not mean anything other than that: simply, that all she has “made” is an Instagram post of her posing in front of a work of art (what an instant literal poseur!). But just HOLD UP right there: Its ok, Milo, you are exempt since you don’t have any arms to hold up…but as for everyone else: Is Everything Love? But maybe that didn’t count since “high priestess” Solange ordered a dress-code in which everyone in attendance had to wear white–and also temporarily give up their iPhones (time.com). And like the very Sphinx of Tanis whose inscriptions have been re-carved which they pose next to, “The Carters” are presenting to you a type of perceptual usurpation in which they are “visually asserting themselves as” (i.e. So in these disrespects, I am ignorant, and have no intention of referring to those stories other than to say that I am not going to refer to it anymore than I already just now have. This contradicts what Egyptologists (academics piecing together ideas to fit a progressive timeline of history) have determined as the age of the Sphinx: 2558–2532 BC (wikipedia), coinciding with the reign of Pharoh Khafre, of which the sphinx head is supposed to represent (though–like the Sphinx of Tanis–“the face does not resemble any known, well-documented royal portrait” of Khafre). Outside of the film in real life, Sun Ra, having identified closely with black heritage and black liberation in society, expressed his sentiments in 1970: “At one time I felt that white people were to blame for everything, but then I found out that they were just puppets and pawns of some greater force, which has been using them… Some force is having a good time [manipulating black and white people] and looking, enjoying itself up in a reserved seat, wondering, “I wonder when they’re going to wake up.” (wikipedia). Add to that commonality France and the AEU (sans the “Islamic terrorists” funded by their government and America). (Silly adults, the Pledge is for kids!) See no evil hear no evil!). But I guess it’s no big deal, right? ), « La Vénus de Milo et Mithridate le grand », Revue des Arts, 1951, p. 8-16, fig. Details about Venus de Milo 100 century Replica Oil Painting - size 24x36. Though I liked the mysterious image and often looked at it instead of the flag during the Pledge, I not only didn’t like the idea of her eyes following me, but I didn’t see that as being true. Her right arm apparates in spiritual form bearing the star Venus. to the Russian infiltration of the Ukraine in 2014. Got me so lit, I need Tylenol (Tylenol) Venus von Milo 70 cm Gartendekoration José ist marktführender Spezialist im Bereich Gartenstatuen, Brunnen und Pflanzgefäße aus Beton. Learning the Pledge was a demonstration of an upgrade in behavior, a proud step towards maturity guiding us into the adult world–or at least, it set us 3rd graders apart and was one more thing we had to “memorize” (mesmerize?). dict.cc German-English Dictionary: Translation for Venus von Milo If she were real flesh and blood and bone, she wouldn’t be able to make music–except with her voice (too bad she can’t talk to tell us who stole her arms/tarts!). This explains why said fake media makes people so upset: it utterly confuses (and subtly brainwashes) them. Venus de Milo. Hamiaux (M.), Les sculptures grecques, II, Paris, 1998, p. 41-44, n° 52. Or just being copy cats? Like a fatefully flammable tapestry, things are unraveling exponentially. Since APES**T, the accompanying album Everything Is Love, and “The Carters” appeared out of the blue in June, the general public was blissfully unaware of any Bey and JAY presence in the Louvre at that time (and reciprocally, I humbly bet they didn’t know I was also there during that time). Short of being beheaded like Nike of Samothrace, its original head was usurped. Sendin’ the missiles off, trickin’ my inhibitions off. On its leonine personage are carved inscriptions which “are all “usurpations“, i.e. The Louvre–originally a palace fortress built amidst the 12th century–was converted into an art museum in 1793, and is now the largest and most visited art museum in the world, housing “approximately 38,000 objects from prehistory to the 21st century” (wikipedia). The spiral composition, the positioning of the figure in three-dimensional space, and the small-breasted, elongated body are characteristic of this period. I admit I am failing to see with my own two eyes how the pretentious appropriation of the Weems photo is delivering the same message as the original photograph. But I guess once you $ell your voice (soul), you end up vocalizing like all the other demonically possessed autotuned pop parrots. All of my people, I free ’em all (free ’em all) H et beeld hierboven is wereldberoemd: de Venus van Milo. As the lyrics narrate: “Pleased to meet you / Hope you guess my name / But what’s puzzling you / Is the nature of my game”. ), La Vénus de Milo et les Aphrodites du Louvre, Paris, 1985. As I gravely dug up in this article about the (de)evolution of pop music since the turn of the Millennium, the mainstream music industry avidly and explicitly promotes themes of death. During the Paris Commune riot In 1871, numerous public buildings were exposed to fires, but the Venus de Milo statue survived since it was sealed in an oak crate by the Louvre Museum and hidden in the basement of the Police precinct; that building was burned, but the statue remained undamaged. So I suggest instead watching the Laibach version of the song Sympathy for the Devil–for in this post 2012 world, the cover of a song can actually be more original and honest than the original.