@conalabu @ahistoryinart 2/ Supposing him to be the gardener." 'Do Not Hold On to Me', 2013, by He Qi. 'Noli me tangere', 2016, by Michael Cook. 'New Gardener', 2017, by Janpeter Muilwijk. 'Noli me tangere', 1874, by Edward Burne-Jones (design) and William Morris (execution).
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Painting. 'Do Not Hold On to Me', 2013, by He Qi.
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Painting. 'Noli me tangere', 2016, by Michael Cook.
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Painting: 'New Gardener', 2017, by Janpeter Muilwijk.
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Stained glass. 'Noli me tangere', 1874, by Edward Burne-Jones (design) and William Morris (execution).
@noonessleep @LeyfMax Also a universal, transcultural, trans-historical, prophetic prototype, as it happens; recognized in contemporary US theology as 'The Return of the Gardener King of the New Creation' (see Douglas Green in 'When the Gardener Returns: An Ecological Perspective on Adam's Dominion').