This one is for James, who is finishing off a book on David and Jonathan (can’t wait to read it). Plenty of material on D&J, but here are a few of the more delectable pieces:
Nothing like cementing a friendship with a giant’s head in your other hand, blood dripping, eyes turned upwards. But David does, I must admit, look a little suspiciously at Jonathan.
Then again, Jonathan could be a little self-absorbed (nice legs):
Older images weren’t averse to showing the ‘affection’ between the two:
Careful, Jon, watch the hickey!
All of which becomes a little more explicit in more recent work:
And then the children’s book (considering this is a family blog):
Or you might want to buy the CD:
10 March, 2011 at 1:16 pm
Lovely. Tom Bouden hereby merits a mention in my book.
10 March, 2011 at 2:43 pm
You’re welcome, James.
10 March, 2011 at 2:15 pm
James:
When do you think your book will come out? I’m intrigued.
Liam
4 December, 2011 at 12:21 am
[...] priapic David certainly gets around, not only in the biblical texts (as we have already seen with David and Jonathan) but also in art. So let’s begin with David and Abigail, the wife of the freshly dead Laban [...]