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Old 08-24-2012, 02:30 PM   #1
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Ecce Homo

A description of a picture. The "restoration" of the fresco of Jesus which now "resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic"

And the picture itself. Sorry, art-lovers, but this is hilarious. Somehow it had escaped my attention until now, so it made me lol.

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The Huffington Post now reports that there is a movement to save the Ecce Homo restoration:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...tm_hp_ref=arts
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Old 08-28-2012, 05:06 PM   #2
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A description of a picture. The "restoration" of the fresco of Jesus which now "resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic"

And the picture itself. Sorry, art-lovers, but this is hilarious. Somehow it had escaped my attention until now, so it made me lol.

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The Huffington Post now reports that there is a movement to save the Ecce Homo restoration:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...tm_hp_ref=arts
http://art-eater.com/2012/08/ecce-mo...on-revolution/

Ecco Mono (Behold the Ape) gets memed. Worthy.
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