Le génie du mal (or The Genius of Evil or The Spirit of Evil), known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège, or "Hot Satan" as I like to call him.
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Le génie du mal (or The Genius of Evil or The Spirit of Evil), known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège, or "Hot Satan" as I like to call him.
Statue in marble by Guillaume Geefs, in the Cathedral Saint-Paul de Liège, Belgium.
Think of him as the patron gargoyle of this account.
And yes, the "Get thee behind me, Satan" jokes write themselves.
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Le génie du mal (or The Genius of Evil or The Spirit of Evil), known informally in English as Lucifer or The Lucifer of Liège, or "Hot Satan" as I like to call him.
Statue in marble by Guillaume Geefs, in the Cathedral Saint-Paul de Liège, Belgium.
Think of him as the patron gargoyle of this account.
And yes, the "Get thee behind me, Satan" jokes write themselves.
Is this the one they made the artist re-do because the first version was too sexy?
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Is this the one they made the artist re-do because the first version was too sexy?
@futurebird More or less yes!
The original statue was by Guillaume Geefs' brother Joseph Geefs, called "L'ange du mal." Joseph's statue was removed from the cathedral because of its distracting allure and "unhealthy beauty". It was replaced by Guillaume's. Apparently they based their sculptures on the same model, too.
The details of the story are marvelous:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_g%C3%A9nie_du_mal#'This_devil_is_too_sublime'
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@futurebird More or less yes!
The original statue was by Guillaume Geefs' brother Joseph Geefs, called "L'ange du mal." Joseph's statue was removed from the cathedral because of its distracting allure and "unhealthy beauty". It was replaced by Guillaume's. Apparently they based their sculptures on the same model, too.
The details of the story are marvelous:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_g%C3%A9nie_du_mal#'This_devil_is_too_sublime'
"O, wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, That has such people in it!"
