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# Pink Nightie
- URL: https://atangleofviews.ghost.io/pink-nightie/
- Published: 2024-02-10T00:16:34.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-06T02:26:37.000Z
- Author: heedless

In a recent YouTube video, Joseph Sciambra and Fr. John Strickland held an interesting review of Western art, exploring the underlying theology and anthropology. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/97/7c/977c01ed-70fb-4cad-a18f-f136667524de/content/images/2024/02/IMG_0530.jpeg)

I never really paid much attention to just how weird Western religious art is. I knew some of the works were odd, and I gravitated toward Eastern icons for years. It may be that my inner voice was saying, "There's something *wrong,* go over there!"

> Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.  
> — Genesis 2:7

Fr. Strickland's criticism of the artist's decision to show the Father creating Adam is salient, but I think the Genesis quote here covers Michelangelo's use case. 

God the Father in a pink nightie in the Pope's private chapel... Anyway, this is worth a watch.