Alien: Alien life cycle hieroglyphics (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger references Virgin of Guadalupe, (1691), oil on canvas, 181.45 x 123.38 cm (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) by Manuel de Arellano?

 

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Alien Life Cycle Hieroglyphics 

a) Alien life cycle hieroglyphics (work 384) (1978) by HR Giger

 

b) References Virgin of Guadalupe, (1691), oil on canvas, 181.45 x 123.38 cm (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) by Manuel de Arellano?

The Virgin of Guadalupe, or Our Lady of Guadalupe, is a revered Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She appeared in four visions to an Indigenous peasant named Saint Juan Diego in December 1531 on Tepeyac

 c) comparable areas, upper left

The Virgin Mary becomes the buttocks, while the people become muscular structures around the lower torso.

d) comparable areas, upper right 

The Virgin Mary becomes the shoulder, while the man becomes the biomechanoid’s lower jaw

e) comparable areas top

The head of the Virgin Mary becomes a central fleshy form.

f) comparable areas, mid right

Right sleeve becomes the tail of the Facehugger.

g) comparable areas, centre

The hands in prayer become the Facehugger in its egg

h) comparable areas, lower left

The kneeling man becomes the lower part of the foot while the outer layer of the aura around Virgin Mary becomes the side view of the face hugger’s main body.

i) comparable areas, bottom centre

The bottom of the robe becomes an arm and the cherub holding the Virgin Mary from down below becomes the arm.

j) comparable areas, lower right

The sheet becomes the hand while the Virgin Mary becomes a space between the thumb and fingers.