How do you depict an all-knowing baby? Whenever I go to an art museum I am drawn to the variations of a creepy baby Jesus. My collection is robust. It makes me think of the uncanny valley. But when I look at my Creepy Baby Jesus collection today, I see the tale of A.I. Humans breast-feeding something young, powerful, and strange.
Finding a creepy baby Jesus has been one of my favorite treasure hunts at art museums.
By Jacopo di Cione, 1370, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Historical Museum of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceBy unknown, 1490, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisBy Olivuccio di Ciccarello, 1400, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OhioBy Agnolo Gaddi, 1386, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, NetherlandsBy Filippo Lippi, 1437, Barberini Corsini, Rome, ItalyBy Giovanni Baronzio, 1335, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York, New YorkArt Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisBy Carlo Crivelli, 1490, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IllinoisBy Paolo di Giovanni Fei, 1390, Metropolitan Musuem of Art, New York, New York Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK) National Gallery of Denmark, Copenhagen, DenmarkHistorical Museum of Crete, Heraklion, GreeceCleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
