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Throwing people out of windows is a time-honored subject for art. There’s Matthäus Merian’s The Defenestration of Prague, and Giorgio Vasari’s St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre. Gustave Dore, not one to miss out on a trend, came up with The Defenestration of Jezebel, which tells the story from Kings II of the Bible. Those are Jezebel’s own servants giving her the pitch. And people nowadays think it’s hard to get good help.
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Hardcore stage diving.
I love the word "defenestration".
Posted by: Jan Martin Löhndorf | May 20, 2011 at 04:50 PM
God never closes a door without throwing someone out a window.
Posted by: kfc | May 23, 2011 at 03:36 PM
Those are Jezebel’s own servants giving her the pitch.
Posted by: vibram five fingers | May 26, 2011 at 11:00 PM