Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey)
Sep 20th 2012, 1:50 pm
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Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey)
Hilarious! 
"BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921
"BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921
Sep 20th 2012, 9:36 pm
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Re: Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey)
Hilarious!
"BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921
"BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser says the delicate brush strokes of Elias Garcia Martinez have been buried under a haphazard splattering of paint.
The once-dignified portrait now resembles a crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic, he says"
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-19349921
As sightseers have started flocking to see it, "the sweet octogenarian lady is claiming copyright on her work and demanding a cut of the takings from the collection box placed near the work."
Sep 21st 2012, 1:30 am
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Sep 21st 2012, 2:49 am
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Re: Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey)
About time they made some of those church murals more modern and relevant..
