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From the Vault: Baby Jesus and the Homunculus
From the Vault: Baby Jesus and the Homunculus
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Length:
60 minutes
Released:
Dec 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
We’ve all marveled at the grotesque, oddly-proportioned old man babies in medieval art -- but why did artists of the period pain such creatures? In this special Christmas episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert Lamb and Joe McCormick explore the convergence of the homunculus theory of human reproduction, the nativity and the infants of medieval and renaissance art. (Originally published Dec. 21, 2017) Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers
Released:
Dec 15, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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