Art / Symbols

Caduceus as a symbol of medicine

It is often used as a symbol of medicine, especially in the United States, despite its ancient and consistent associations with trade, liars, thieves, eloquence, negotiation, alchemy, and wisdom -- wikipedia

The Seal Woman statue

Request: A female version of the statue of David in some ways, this sculpture is on the Faroe Islands of Denmark and like David has somewhat ideal proportions for a woman and has a similarly odd legend.

Banksy

Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigrams combine dark humour with graffiti executed in a distinctive stenciling technique. His works of political and social commentary have appeared on streets, walls and bridges throughout the world -- wikipedia

sun symbol (from Braco the Gazer)

Request: Braco the gazers gift to the people. Claims to be the doorway to the light side of life.

Bas Uterwijk's depiction of Jesus

Request: Is this an accurate representation of what Christ looked like?

Christ’s initials mudra

The gesture of blessing is often seen in Orthodox iconography. It is a special finger fold used by the priests during the liturgy. The “IC ХC” hand gesture has its name for a reason – each finger is associated with a Greek alphabet letter -- russianicon.com

Ramin Nazer's art

an artist based in Los Angeles, CA. He is the author of After You Die, I Love Everyone, Strippy Comics, Hey and Cave Paintings for Future People

Sacred Heart of Jesus

"The Sacred Heart is often depicted in Christian art as a flaming heart shining with divine light, pierced by the lance-wound, encircled by the crown of thorns, surmounted by a cross, and bleeding" -- wikipedia.org

Star of David

a generally recognized symbol of both Jewish identity and Judaism. Its shape is that of a hexagram: the compound of two equilateral triangles -- wikipedia

AI-generated "art" images

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has learned how to create "art," but is it art?

Hindu hexagram swastika symbol

The "Tibetan Book of the Dead", contain a hexagram with a swastika inside. It was made up by the publishers for this particular publication --wikipedia

Christ with Arms Folded, by Rembrandt

c. 1657-1661, oil on canvas

Confederate flag (modern display)

"We never want to offend anyone with the products that we offer. We have taken steps to remove all items promoting the Confederate flag from our assortment – whether in our stores or on our web site." --walmart

Salvator Mundi (Leonardo)

The painting was sold at auction for US$450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie's in New York to Prince Badr bin Abdullah, setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold at public auction --wikipedia

Everydays: The First 5000 Days (artwork)

An NFT sold for $69 million by Christie's auction house March 11, 2021