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[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The thing on the head

It's a halo. Are people unaware of what halos are?

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

They get depicted pretty differently in old art than they do in pop culture.

[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

This style of halos appear a lot in stained glass windows and those are in movies and tv shows often enough that most people have probably seen some.

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] wanderer@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

It's also in the opening scene of Monty Python's Life of Brian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pxFr3t-tHw&t=178s

[–] Cadeillac@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yes, I am unaware that the solid object matching the wall was a halo. I had already thought of that but I have never seen one drawn in this way

Edit: Looks like using the wall texture as a halo was in fact a thing