MM 3-15: Monochrome Holy Moses Madness

This week’s Monochrome Madness has been brought to you by recent events.

Lacking political leadership I’d settle for a holy Moses right now. And if I would, I know many will. Welcome to the new age of if not Aquarius, then I hope not the Plague, or the Hunger.

This is the Fountain of Moses or Fontana dell’Acqua Felice, Fountain of Happy Water, in Roma. It was erected to mark the completion of the aqueduct restored by the Pope Sixtus V. This is his coat-of-arms on the top there with the angels. In the middle is Holy Moses himself, on the left is Aaron and on the right Joshua. The process went like this:

This is the Fountain of Happy Water in its entirety.

Moses. I like this stance. It is quite what is needed these days.

The dog will get some water too. I like that.

First the contributed coat-of-arms photo as taken.

This is the photo after I turned it b&w without much else.

But then I found this version that I’ve saved a while ago. Don’t ask me what I did. And we got the winner.

Photo: a © signature mmm production

For Leanne Cole’s MM 3-15: Monochrome Madness

And since these are sculptures, let me link to Suvi’s Saturday Statues challenge as well.