HR Giger: The Spell IV (work 331) (1977) references "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " (1590s) by El Greco?

 

 

leading from 

HR Giger's The Spell IV (1977)

 

 

 a) HR Giger's The Spell IV (1977)

Giger's The Spell IV (1977)

 

 

 b)   The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane by El Greco in 1590s

c) The left and middle part of "The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane " and The Spell IV side by side

d) The central crease in the fabric along Christ's chest becomes the tube leading from the top of the Baphomet's head to the female groin

 

e) So the rock behind Christ becomes the Baphomet wings

f) The right arm of Christ and the right arm of the Baphomet

g) The angel on the left becomes the star and the serpents on the left

 

h) The cave where the apostles sleep below the angel becomes the left crouching female

i)The right side of El Greco's work with  outline of the lower part of the rock and the sky in the background becomes the right side of Giger's painting

 

 

J) The fragmented clouds beyond become serpentine forms

 

k) The outline of the lower part of the rock becomes the tentacle like rear of the female's head.

l)  The contrasting pale grey and dark area around the moon becomes the head with a pale creanium and face on the left and a dark face on the right