Paul VI Hall Reptile head behind POPE

bapp_69 · 31-03-2008, 01:23 AM

Has anyone else noticed this "sculpture" before, which can be found in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican?

I just wonder is what "rational" explanation there possibly could be for such an abomination. I looks like something from the depths of Hades!!

Looks very much like a reptile/ snake head on the human body in the middle?

eternal_spirit · 31-03-2008, 01:27 AM

A doctored picture maybe?

somethinganonymous · 01-04-2008, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by eternal_spirit

A doctored picture maybe?

Nope...
http://www.catholicpressphoto.com/se...ges/ppage9.htm

michael_6 · 01-04-2008, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by somethinganonymous

Nope...
http://www.catholicpressphoto.com/se...ges/ppage9.htm

I have seen another view of it and it seems to be a mans face with long hair the link is here

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/25311...30FDCFC4C15FBB

devyn · 01-04-2008, 08:34 AM

I don't know why, but I seem to get some bad vibes when I look at that pic. Something is seriously wrong with it.

limelady · 01-04-2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by devyn

I don't know why, but I seem to get some bad vibes when I look at that pic. Something is seriously wrong with it.

I agree, its TOTALLY creepy!

manchurian_candidate · 01-04-2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by limelady

I agree, its TOTALLY creepy!

+10

P.S. Love your little green bag!

kernelpower · 01-04-2008, 10:25 AM

that pic is prob a representation of the pure horror caused by the catholic church over the years !!

manchurian_candidate · 01-04-2008, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kernelpower

that pic is prob a representation of the pure horror caused by the catholic church over the years !!

HAHA very good Sir!!!

limelady · 01-04-2008, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by manchurian_candidate

+10

P.S. Love your little green bag!

Thankyou so much - I'm quite fond of it too.

amercury · 01-04-2008, 03:58 PM

Look how huge this thing is WTF! Sick bastards.

One of many scary artworks in the vatican.

found this on the web about the sculpture....

This twenty meter wide sculpture behind the current Pope, Benedict XVI, bears a bizarre resemblance to tentacles (among other things). Needless to say, it's easily one of the creepiest pieces of modern Catholic art, a worthy successor to a long line of ancient religious depictions bearing a dark edge.

Despite the sensationally outre appearance of this work, there is a much more mundane surface explanation from the artist. The piece is entitled "The Resurrection," and it can be visited at the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall. Still, the sculpture's facets are not totally removed from the weird, as (now deceased) designer Pericle Fazzini explained:

The Vatican commissioned Mr. Fazzini to provide a work for its modern auditorium. The result was ''The Resurrection,'' a statue depicting Jesus rising from a nuclear bomb crater.

''Suddenly there came to me the idea of Christ preaching peace for 2,000 years, and the place where He prayed for the last time: the olive grove of Gethsemane,'' said Mr. Fazzini in a book about the work. ''I had the idea of depicting Christ as if He were rising again from the explosion of this large olive grove, peaceful site of His last prayers. Christ rises from this crater torn open by a nuclear bomb; an atrocious explosion, a vortex of violence and energy.''

geronimo · 01-04-2008, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by eternal_spirit

A doctored picture maybe?

John Sweeney losing his temper, BBC? have you got the wrong link here? The sculpture looks like a man wearing a mask. There is a discernable border to the left part of the head, like a non-human mask. I don't see flowing hair, but it does give the suggestion of an amphibian, snakelike, reptilian mask, or head. Is this supposed to be Christian imagery? hmm. A closer detailed image of the head might clarify the situation. If this is supposed to be flowing hair, then why the falcon-like beak or jaw with a sharp down-turn at the upper end, and the distinct suggestion of a slitty eye ?

geronimo

geronimo · 01-04-2008, 04:48 PM

...and a sharp bony ridge above it like a chameleon or a dinosaur's. Flowing hair? where did his face go then?

geronimo

amercury · 01-04-2008, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by geronimo

Is this supposed to be Christian imagery? hmm.

It is supposed to be Jesus himself...

Scary Christ.

michael_6 · 01-04-2008, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by geronimo

John Sweeney losing his temper, BBC? have you got the wrong link here? The sculpture looks like a man wearing a mask. There is a discernable border to the left part of the head, like a non-human mask. I don't see flowing hair, but it does give the suggestion of an amphibian, snakelike, reptilian mask, or head. Is this supposed to be Christian imagery? hmm. A closer detailed image of the head might clarify the situation. If this is supposed to be flowing hair, then why the falcon-like beak or jaw with a sharp down-turn at the upper end, and the distinct suggestion of a slitty eye ?

geronimo

Did you look at the link i provided? you can clearly see that it's a mans face, the op's picture seems to be at the wrong angle to clearly see it, i'm not saying it's blatant symbolising of a hidden reptoid figure, all i'm saying is you can quite clearly see the mans face in the picture i have provided.

kernelpower · 01-04-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by michael_6

Did you look at the link i provided? you can clearly see that it's a mans face, the op's picture seems to be at the wrong angle to clearly see it, i'm not saying it's blatant symbolising of a hidden reptoid figure, all i'm saying is you can quite clearly see the mans face in the picture i have provided.

the link doesnt work mate

adramelech · 01-04-2008, 09:52 PM

That picture is horrifying.

The statue behind the Pope is pretty bad too.

michael_6 · 02-04-2008, 12:48 AM

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Originally Posted by kernelpower

the link doesnt work mate

ah I'm sorry about that cock up, if you go to google images though there is a photo of the throne from a slightly different angle, just enter popes throne and it's one of the top layer of pics.

somethinganonymous · 02-04-2008, 03:14 AM

http://images.google.no/imgres?imgur...%3D2%26hl%3Dno

It really strikes me that a lot of people believes this "man" (he doesn't look like a man, if you ask me...) is GOD's representative on earth...

http://images.google.no/imgres?imgur...%3D2%26hl%3Dno

The artwork looks as satanic as the pope himself...

leaf · 02-04-2008, 12:25 PM

Holy shit. If you type something like 'satanic sculpture' into Google, nothing has disturbing as that comes up.

31-03-2008, 01:23 AM	#1
bapp_69 Premier Subscribers Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 69	Paul VI Hall Reptile head behind POPE Has anyone else noticed this "sculpture" before, which can be found in the Paul VI Hall in the Vatican? I just wonder is what "rational" explanation there possibly could be for such an abomination. I looks like something from the depths of Hades!! Looks very much like a reptile/ snake head on the human body in the middle? __________________ "I’m ready to go anywhere, no matter how apparently bizarre, because I want to know the truth and the answer to the age old question: WHAT THE FUCK IS IT ALL ABOUT?" David Icke Last edited by bapp_69; 31-03-2008 at 01:26 AM.

01-04-2008, 04:48 PM	#13
geronimo Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 368	...and a sharp bony ridge above it like a chameleon or a dinosaur's. Flowing hair? where did his face go then? geronimo Last edited by geronimo; 01-04-2008 at 05:01 PM.

01-04-2008, 09:52 PM	#17
adramelech Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 650	That picture is horrifying. The statue behind the Pope is pretty bad too. __________________ "There are very probably alien civilizations that are superhuman, to the point of being god-like in ways that exceed anything a theologian could possibly imagine. Their technical achievements would seem as supernatural to us as ours would seem to a Dark Age peasant transported to the twenty-first century" - Richard Dawkins

31-03-2008, 01:27 AM	#2
eternal_spirit Inactive Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 31,347	A doctored picture maybe?

01-04-2008, 08:34 AM	#5
devyn Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 688	I don't know why, but I seem to get some bad vibes when I look at that pic. Something is seriously wrong with it.

01-04-2008, 10:25 AM	#8
kernelpower Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 280	that pic is prob a representation of the pure horror caused by the catholic church over the years !!

01-04-2008, 03:58 PM	#11
amercury Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: coastal plain Posts: 862	Look how huge this thing is WTF! Sick bastards. One of many scary artworks in the vatican. found this on the web about the sculpture.... This twenty meter wide sculpture behind the current Pope, Benedict XVI, bears a bizarre resemblance to tentacles (among other things). Needless to say, it's easily one of the creepiest pieces of modern Catholic art, a worthy successor to a long line of ancient religious depictions bearing a dark edge. Despite the sensationally outre appearance of this work, there is a much more mundane surface explanation from the artist. The piece is entitled "The Resurrection," and it can be visited at the Vatican's Paul VI Audience Hall. Still, the sculpture's facets are not totally removed from the weird, as (now deceased) designer Pericle Fazzini explained: The Vatican commissioned Mr. Fazzini to provide a work for its modern auditorium. The result was ''The Resurrection,'' a statue depicting Jesus rising from a nuclear bomb crater. ''Suddenly there came to me the idea of Christ preaching peace for 2,000 years, and the place where He prayed for the last time: the olive grove of Gethsemane,'' said Mr. Fazzini in a book about the work. ''I had the idea of depicting Christ as if He were rising again from the explosion of this large olive grove, peaceful site of His last prayers. Christ rises from this crater torn open by a nuclear bomb; an atrocious explosion, a vortex of violence and energy.''

02-04-2008, 03:14 AM	#19
somethinganonymous Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,400	http://images.google.no/imgres?imgur...%3D2%26hl%3Dno It really strikes me that a lot of people believes this "man" (he doesn't look like a man, if you ask me...) is GOD's representative on earth... http://images.google.no/imgres?imgur...%3D2%26hl%3Dno The artwork looks as satanic as the pope himself...

02-04-2008, 12:25 PM	#20
leaf Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 47	Holy shit. If you type something like 'satanic sculpture' into Google, nothing has disturbing as that comes up.