By Marisa Martin
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| Detail of Gustave Doré's Mohammed (1885), from the picture above. |
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| Muhammad's night vision, 1928, Leibig Meat Company |
Friday, 16 August 2013
Christian Artists and Muhammad: 'Entrails and Other 'Unholy' Images
Posted on 03:17 by the great khali
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By Marisa Martin
Over 700 years the scene most associated with Muhammad by Westerners was a disemboweled heretic, tortured for eternity in a searing abyss. Dante’s open contempt for Muhammad was universally shared in Christian Europe and had been for several hundred years. Celebrated artists have illustrated “Divine Comedy” since its publication, including Botticelli, William Blake, Gustave Doré, Rauschenberg, Rodin, Dali and more. Spewing intestines was the punishment Dante assigned Muhammad in the Inferno’s Circle 6, reserved for heretics and those confusing the Spirit of Christ. Things have greatly changed for artists and writers in the new Muslim sensitive world. [link]
By Marisa Martin
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