First Things RSS Feed - Carole L. Baker https://www.firstthings.com/author/carole-l-baker en-us Copyright 2025 First Things. All Rights Reserved. ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) ft@firstthings.com (The Editors) Mon, 20 Jan 2025 16:51:01 -0500 https://d2201k5v4hmrsv.cloudfront.net/img/favicon-196.png First Things RSS Feed Image https://www.firstthings.com/rss/author/carole-l-baker 60 Messiahs, Mimicry and Meaning: Lessons in Visual Literacy https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2009/05/messiahs-mimicry-and-meaning-lessons-in-visual-literacy https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2009/05/messiahs-mimicry-and-meaning-lessons-in-visual-literacy Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400 Michael D’Antuono has removed his exhibit of The Truth , a painting depicting President Obama in a Christ-like pose complete with spread arms and a crown of thorns. The outstretched arms appear to be holding back two sides of a dark curtain. Behind him is the presidential seal. D’Antuono removed the work from exhibit, according to his website, “out of respect to the thousands of people who wrote [to him] that they were offended on a religious level.”

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