Jean Fremon

Translation from French to English by Cole Swenson, of Jean Fremon's "Nativity". Cover and interior drawings by Louise Bourgeois

Nativity

a short and succinct read that describes the revelation of the first painter to depict baby Jesus with the sexes shown and in full nakedness. The train of thought that builds throughout the book reflects a sense of irony of how mankind in the end shuns themselves from the pure form of which we came into this world- naked and raw. The book also dipped into the concept of the Son of God came in the form of a human, and how we as mankind tend to shy away from what we truly are. Beings that die and reborn, for eternity, as if God can be reflected amongst ourselves. There is an explanation of how the author took inspiration from Steinberg's The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion. I hope to be able to have the time to read that as this is already quite interesting. Overall a very quick and enjoyable read to prod on my almost rotting brain. 

Nativity

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