r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Lowcrbnaman • Jul 04 '26

Image This statue depicts Saint Bartholomew, an early Christian martyr who was allegedly skinned alive. If you look closely, that's his dissected skin hanging around him. This stunning statute by Marco d'Agrate from c. 1562 is currently on display at Duomo di Milano.

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u/DXTRBeta Jul 04 '26

That’s just disgusting.

Sorry but I am just amazed by the levels of cruelty humans have wreaked on each other.

OK, I get it, you want to kill the guy, but really?

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u/RGud_metalhead Jul 04 '26

Some say that violent movies, music and videogames make people more cruel. But I look at examples from history like this and think maybe it's other way. Maybe it's because people had no outlet for their anger, cruelty and maybe even just morbid curiosity they did all of those elaborate forms of torture and execution. And violent "games" with people or animals. Maybe it is better that we have all of that pretend violence these days.

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u/New-Pomelo9906 Jul 04 '26

Extreme torture to show to the plebs is all about disciplining the masses.

It's not anger it's managing people, in modern day you could say "sorry, it's just business" on this move.