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Do It Like A Deity: A Dutch Artist Depicts Gods Gone Wild At the turn of the 16th century, Joachim Wtewael painted passionate stories from the Bible and mythology. The Dutch artist was a very strict Calvinist, but on canvas, he let loose.
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Do It Like A Deity: A Dutch Artist Depicts Gods Gone Wild
At the turn of the 16th century, Joachim Wtewael painted passionate stories from the Bible and mythology. The Dutch artist was a very strict Calvinist, but on canvas, he let loose.
Do It Like A Deity: A Dutch Artist Depicts Gods Gone Wild
Editor's Note: Before you scroll down, a warning that the images below depict gods, goddesses and biblical figures engaging in some NSFW behavior.
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The Dutch have given the world an array of master painters — Van Gogh, Vermeer, Rembrandt. But the brilliant and risque work of a lesser-known Dutchman is currently on display at the National Gallery of Art.
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Joachim Wtewael (pronounced U-te-val) worked in Utrecht in the late 1500s and early 1600s. He loved painting stories from the Bible and mythology — impressively buff Roman gods and goddesses in — at times — downright salacious comportment.
"You know, gods didn't always behave particularly well," says curator Arthur Wheelock Jr. "And that was something Wtewael and people from his generation loved to explore."
In vivid colors, with precisely painted details, on huge canvases as well as small copper plates, naughty gods and goddesses frolicked and fooled around.
Wtewael depicts Mars and Venus "having at it," says Wheelock, "and this was not so good because Venus was married."
Carola van Wijk/National Gallery of Art
Her husband, Vulcan, caught them in the act. He got a big metal net and trapped them inside it. In three separate small paintings, Wtewael shows Vulcan revealing Venus and Mars to the other gods.
"All the gods are lying around, looking and laughing at them being caught in the act," says Wheelock.
Large canvases show gods getting married, taking baths, waging wars. Wtewael also did Christian scenes — adoration of the baby Jesus, the martyrdom of St. Sebastian. They're all gorgeously painted works, just teeming with life.
In the late 1500s, inspired by a story from Genesis, Wtewael painted Lot and His Daughters:
They've just fled Sodom. Lot's wife looks back at the destroyed sin city and is turned into a pillar of salt. Lot and his daughters hide in a cave, thinking the world is coming to an end. His daughters fear that — with no men left — they'll never have children. So ...
National Gallery of Art
"In the efforts to maintain the line and keep the line going, Lot's daughters got Lot drunk. ... This [painting shows] the moment when they're all partying. Lot doesn't know what's going on," Wheelock explains.
And then a Lot of things got out of hand; Wtewael paints him blotto, surrounded by his voluptuous, naked daughters. "He's clutching one of their breasts, and she is reaching up to tickle his chin," Wheelock says. "It's a very sensual work."
The daughters end up with two sons. Incest! Booze! Lust! Adultery! And to make it even more intriguing— the painter himself was such a proper 16th century fellow — a very strict Calvinist, a pillar of the community. But with his paints and brushes, he embraced the fullness of life.
"I think that is what I love about Wtewael," Wheelock says. "The engagement in all aspects of life: the sensual, the spiritual, religious, all these things are there. It's a fun show; nobody's having a bad time."
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Depression could become storm tonight It is forecast to remain offshore but a deviation could mean windy conditions
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Depression could become storm tonight
It is forecast to remain offshore but a deviation could mean windy conditions
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Although no watches or warnings have been issued, residents of the southern and southwestern coasts should be keep an eye out for a weather system currently developing, warns the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC).
Tropical Depression Five-E was located 360 kilometers south of Acapulco at 4:00pm Central today and was moving west-northwest at 17 km/h.
It could become a tropical storm tonight, said a forecaster at the NHC.
It is expected to remain well offshore but a small deviation to the north of its projected track could deliver stronger winds to the coast.
Mexico’s National Meteorological Service said heavy rains could be expected in Oaxaca, Guerrero, Jalisco and Veracruz.
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Big eruption last night at Volcano of Fire
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Big eruption last night at Volcano of Fire
Officials warn of danger posed by lahars, which could result from heavy rains
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There was more activity yesterday and today at the Colima Volcano with frequent explosions, glowing avalanches and pyroclastic flows of hot gas and rock, according to Volcano Discovery.
The Jalisco Civil Protection Unit said this morning that a significant eruption took place last night at 11:16, sending a plume of ash seven kilometers high.
There is also some danger posed by heavy rains.
The danger comes in the form of lahars, formed by a mixture of volcanic materials such as rocks, ash and pumice mixing with water and creating a potentially rapid flow of a concrete-like material.
It density is such that it can move rocks several meters in diameter and even houses, vehicles and trees, and it can travel up to 100 kilometers at speeds of 40 to 100 km/h.
People in Colima and Jalisco, the two states in which the volcano is located, are being urged to remain at least five kilometers away. A warning has also been issued for falling ash and that anyone with respiratory problems should avoid going outdoors in the case of a heavy ash fall.
The closest community to the volcano, also known as the Volcano of Fire, is La Yerbabuena, eight kilometers away. It has a population of 50-60 people who would be the first to be evacuated should that be necessary, said Luis Felipe Puente of National Civil Protection.
There has been a lot of activity at the volcano recently, including some spectacular eruptions in February that were captured by videographer Richard Roscoe.
It is one of the most active volcanoes in Mexico and North America, and is also one of the potentially most dangerous. It has been almost constantly active since 1994.
Source: Milenio (sp), El Informador (sp)
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