We have prepared a comparison of three paintings for you. First, the original: “The Feast of the Gods” by Jan Harmensz van Biljert. The painting is displayed in one of the French museums. It shows a banquet on Olympus, attended by the gods. On the left stand Minerva, Diana, Mars and Venus, accompanied by Cupid. The crowned Apollo, recognizable by his lyre, presides over the center of the table. Further back, Hercules with a club and Neptune with a trident can be seen. In front of the table, a dancing satyr and the reclining Bacchus with a bunch of grapes.
The next image is a frame from the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. There is Apollo in the center of the table, with a pink lyre to his right (a musical instrument symbolizing Apollo). The other gods are on the left and right. In front of them lies the blue Bacchus, wrapped in grapes.
The third painting is “The Last Supper.” Thirteen men in rather uncheerful moods.
Some representatives of Catholic circles, including Bishop Stanisław Jędraszewski and certain Law and Justice MPs, seem to appropriate concepts and impose their way of seeing the world on others. This may result from limited knowledge of various fields of art and the conviction that literature ends with the Bible.
One of those who made a blunder was the Bolesławiec MP Szymon Pogoda, who wrote: (...) during the ceremony, the leftists parodied The Last Supper, which shows the true face of this entire milieu!
Media sympathetic to the right once again stirred up controversy, suggesting that the French, the organizers of the Olympic Games, mocked Christianity. Meanwhile, it is worth considering how easily some people succumb to the influence of priests and bishops, as well as right-wing propaganda.
It is also worth considering the level of education and knowledge of works of art.