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<p>[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2331914, member: 56859"]That is a great example, Z! Often these purported "eyes to heaven" poses look more like a defiant or arrogant posture (chin tipped up but eyes looking forward) rather than truly looking <i>up</i>. Perhaps even the indisputably "head and eyes upward" (sometimes called "eyes to God") represent arrogance rather than piety. Maybe I'm interpreting the pose's modern name too literally.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nor am I sold on McGregor's explanation of the reverse scene (<i>"the religious significance of this reverse type - portraying Constantine as Dafne, turning away from the symbols of the pagan religion (Apollo and Sol) toward the palm, the symbol of Christianity."</i> --Speck, Huston). Using a pagan entity to convey a Christian message doesn't ring true to me. Then again... religious hypocrisy does have a long tradition <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="TIF, post: 2331914, member: 56859"]That is a great example, Z! Often these purported "eyes to heaven" poses look more like a defiant or arrogant posture (chin tipped up but eyes looking forward) rather than truly looking [I]up[/I]. Perhaps even the indisputably "head and eyes upward" (sometimes called "eyes to God") represent arrogance rather than piety. Maybe I'm interpreting the pose's modern name too literally. Nor am I sold on McGregor's explanation of the reverse scene ([I]"the religious significance of this reverse type - portraying Constantine as Dafne, turning away from the symbols of the pagan religion (Apollo and Sol) toward the palm, the symbol of Christianity."[/I] --Speck, Huston). Using a pagan entity to convey a Christian message doesn't ring true to me. Then again... religious hypocrisy does have a long tradition :D.[/QUOTE]
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