Elegant Bible art: relationship networks in the Scriptures
Following up on Google Earth-style views of Biblical scenes, Chris Harrison has mashed up art and the Scriptures.
(making the rounds: Boing Boing and Think Christian)
Again, the comments on various blogs are divergent but enlightening. I particularly enjoyed this comment on Boing Boing:
i like that way that, if i knew nothing about the bible other than what i could work out from these charts, i’d assume jesus was a minor character in it. notable, but still minor.also, it kind of recasts the bible for me as being less about interesting and unusual people like jesus and moses and more about geography.
The cast of players in the Bible makes the list of characters in even the thickest and most convoluted Victorian novel look as short as a list of W’s bestest friends. It’s cool to have a chart that ties them all together.
(Tangent update: while you’re at it, check out these pictures of computer center cabling. It gets my art-appreciating sense tingling as well as my OCD neatnik sense tingling.)
