It won't be Jesus. This is a thoroughly pagan painting. It'll be Apollo or Hyperion- either way, a sun god. Poussin did Christian paintings and he did pagan paintings, but he never mixed up his mythologies.
That's an intriguing point about suicide. I don't think its the whole truth, but I can relate to what he's saying about wanting to move on.
As for Jung- I'm going to have to pass that one on.
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Date: 2008-08-03 09:06 am (UTC)That's an intriguing point about suicide. I don't think its the whole truth, but I can relate to what he's saying about wanting to move on.
As for Jung- I'm going to have to pass that one on.