Talk:The Temptation of St. Anthony (Dalí)

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The Interpretation section[edit]

This section needs serious trimming and possible removal since it is all conjecture on some editors part. Perhaps these are interpretations from a book or catalogue but, in that case, the source needs to be referenced. I am considering removing this entire section. Soon. ```Buster Seven Talk 18:04, 14 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

I'm no artist, so I can't speak on the artistic interpretation section, but I did just read the book of St Anthony's life written by St Athanasius. This sentence is not right at all. "The figure in genuflection is assumed to be St. Anthony, whose role, according to spiritual belief, is not to protect one from temptation so much as to be a conductor of temptation."

St Anthony was a Christian hermit in the 3rd century. According to the biography, he lived in a cave in the desert for some time where he experienced many temptations from the devil in various forms. He expelled these demons and temptations from him by using the power of Christ. That would be a better approximation of the spiritual belief behind St. Anthony. He certainly is not considered to be a conductor of temptation. He resisted temptation and instructed others on how to do so. - 17:37, 16 January 2014 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.160.138.216 (talk)

Anachronism[edit]

The article claims that Hieronymus Bosch, who died in 1516, was inspired by this modern work. Obviously this can't be. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.41.59.119 (talk) 05:31, 3 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

What does it look like?[edit]

Having an article about the painting without actually including an image of the painting seems a bit silly. 101.98.119.214 (talk) 23:51, 26 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]