6August 2008
I am not the kind of man to fall for religious oil paintings, albeit this painting is a masterwork. In fact almost everything Bouguereau ever painted was a masterwork. The subject… just make up your own mind. I like to think mom is giving her “knowledge,” not temptation.
Go to my temple and see this painting anytime you want.
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
French, 1825-1905
“Temptation”
1880, oil on canvas
A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
-Mahatma Gandhi
-Mahatma Gandhi