2006-07-18 04:38:36 · 10 answers · asked by Waltjh 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
Never mind that, how about the foreskin on the statue of David!
2006-07-18 04:40:26 · answer #1 · answered by Alobar 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
That question has gone on for a long time actually. The argument was indeed an issue, even back then. And yet Michelangelo dared to paint Adam with a navel, and to place it right there on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, for which he was accused of heresy by some theologians of his day.
2006-07-18 11:44:26 · answer #2 · answered by Rjmail 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No not at all. You have to remember during these periods in antiquity, people did not speak out with regard to religion as they do now. Any teachings or talk that wasn't sanctioned by the Holy Roman Catholic church was highly dangerous. If the masses had started debating belly buttons in Renaissance Europe, there would have been a massacre. This was a time when scientists and artists feared for their lives and/or their souls if they caused consternation among Vatican dignitaries. Also artists of this time were commissioned, mainly by the church for these works (also very rich people) and there were traditional depictions of religious themes that were adhered to. It's not a question of any form of correctness, the paintings had to express what was expected by the patron.
2006-07-18 13:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't seem strange that Adam has a navel. What is strange is that God has one! What do you think Michelangelo is trying to tell us? As Clarence Darrow says in Inherit the Wind, "God created man and man returned the favor."
2006-07-18 11:45:33 · answer #4 · answered by LeRoy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a discussion which has been going on for centuries. Adam (and Eve) would not have required a navel, of course, but I suppose that he might have been furnished with one to remind him of the fall and the future of his offspring.
2006-07-18 11:43:53 · answer #5 · answered by aboukir200 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He probably had read the Da Vinci Code, or was an evolutionist by instinct--and the navel was a Freudian slip.
2006-07-18 11:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by invisible_man_books 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He would have been hounded about missing the navel. I dont think people back then would have got it.
2006-07-18 11:42:04 · answer #7 · answered by Fantasy Girl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a GREAT question!!
2006-07-18 11:42:16 · answer #8 · answered by zacharybeaver 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what did he know he didn't have a model ....
2006-07-18 11:42:27 · answer #9 · answered by Clyde 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, everyone has one
2006-07-18 11:44:52 · answer #10 · answered by BTB 10/04/08 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋