Christian iconography and compositional schemes are deeply ingrained in the history of Western painting.⁠ ⁠ They all but monopolized the medium for about a dozen of its formative centuries—from the Byzantine era through the Renaissance—during which techniques and traditions were being figured out and established.⁠ ⁠ In this roundtable painters Frieda Toranzo Jaeger, Tammy Nguyen, Alina Perez, and Jannis Marwitz discuss the impact of Christian imagery on their practice today.⁠ ⁠ Check the 🔗 link in our bio to read the full discussion.⁠ ⁠ ⁠ 🖼️ 1: Frieda Toranzo Jaeger: "End of Capitalism, the Future," 2022, oil on canvas and embroidery, 7 by 83⁄4 feet. Queer desire reigns in this updated version of a quasi-religious Renaissance painting.⁠ Credit: Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art, New York⁠ ⁠ 🖼️ 2: Lucas Cranach the Elder: "The Fountain of Youth," 1546, oil on canvas, 41⁄4 by 6 feet. In its day, this bathing scene would have been associated with baptism.⁠ Credit: Courtesy State Museums, Berlin⁠ ⁠ [Image Description: Image 1: Painting: two dozen or so nude figures bathe outdoors. Most of them are femme; their skin tones vary; and they are embroidered on top of a painting. Detritus from a space craft appears fountainlike in the center of the bath; it also appears to ejaculate onto a red head. Seats from wrecked teslas and a winged white horse populate the landscape as a volcano emits a cloud of smoke in the background. ⁠ ⁠ Image 2: In an old painting, a bunch of naked women bathe outdoors. Horse drawn carriages bring more women to the site on the lefft, and on the right, figures slide into and out of a red curtained changing room. In the background, some people enjoy a feast at a white table cloth; craggly mountains are visible in the far distance.]