8.  The Roman Influence 2
You often see frescoes like these depicting guys in togas and guys with shields hanging around standing in lines doing stuff.  But what are they doing?  The close up view is intriguing, it looks like an audition call or perhaps it's soldiers pay day?  You have to marvel at the labor and skill it took to make all of these things, remember they had no electricity or modern conveniences.  Nothing was mass produced.  Considering how very few people are alive today who possess this depth of skill in most  anything, can we really call it progress?
3.  Groveling Peons?
This is my personal favorite.  From inside looking out, or outside looking up, the not so subtle message comes through loud and clear.  A monster rules over the earth, be afraid and grovel before it.  Be very afraid.  Hmm, sounds just like bush.
1.  Urn With Snakes
How many urns with snakes crawling out of them have you seen?  To folks in the southern hemisphere, a snake is a symbol of wisdom.  But to western sensibilities, snakes are everything from evil to creepy to slimy.  So what was the happy point of this piece of artwork?
2.  Urn With Mer-beings
At first glance, a nautical theme with Poseidon and some merry mer-kids, but a close up look at the face of the mer-kid looks a lot more desperate and pained than amused or playful. 
4.  The Crown:
Choking The Tree Of Life
Appropriate, no?  How amazingly blatant to cast it in stone.  Subtlety is not one of the so called elites finer qualities. 

5.  Happy Church Stuff
Tucked into the ornate decorations you could almost miss the little heart.  Unless you've got super eye sight, you would definitely miss the little sword that has stabbed holes in it. Oh and you'd probably also miss the chopped off hands and feet around it.  Nice huh?  What a loving place, who wouldn't want to spend time there?  VERY religious indeed.
6.  More Happy Church Stuff
These people spent a lot of money on monuments to dead people who did a lot of killing for them.  Having trained and willing killers that go out, conquer, kill and plunder and then BRING HOME THE BOOTY  instead of keeping it, WOULD be an elite's idea of a hero.  The people should have known things were on the wrong track the first time this sort of thing happened.  Where are the statues to people that saved lives?  Oh yeah, they don't count to the criminal elites.  But they do count to us.  It's the criminal elites that don't matter.

11.  Modern Statues
There are numerous statues all around London with the half-human half-sea creature theme, some more bizarre than others.  Even some modern versions of man and sea themed statues are on display no doubt at staggering cost.  The modern artwork lacks...well everything IMHO.  It just isn't the same as the amazing classical handiwork that has managed to survive centuries. And beyond that, it's just kind of weird.
12.  Modern Statues II
We tend to excuse all the nudity of classical art because it was serious art; meaning the artist was studying the human form and it's hard to do that when the model is dressed.  But modern nude art is obviously just about boobs.  Admit it.  Besides, how can anyone scrutinize the mastery of perfecting the human form when it's stuck on top of a building like a tv antenna?  You know it and I know, it's about boobs.


7.  The Roman Influence
An oversized Roman Soldier peers down at the crowd from the roof top.  No doubt to remind you that you're considered a threat to the elite; even though they have all of the money, all of the power, all of the troops, all of the weapons and they own everything.  Their obsession with "traitors" (i.e. anyone who doesn't agree with them) is centuries old, still on-going, and totally understandable.  All total bastards SHOULD feel worried, they deserve to have their asses kicked.  They'd never admit it but they're suffering from a guilty conscience.  It's called PARANOIA.
9.  Napoleon On A Stick
Or more directly, Napoleon on a dick.  Obelisks are everywhere in London, the great old symbol of the phallus, one of the favorite's of the elite.  They certainly are obsessed with genitalia.  Probably because they rarely get to use theirs, legitimately at least.
10.  Royals In Marble
Boy do these rich folk LOVE to immortalize themselves.  The close up of this is fascinating on several counts; the clothing of the era, his poodle wig, the detail of the artist's sculpting, and the guy's high heels.  It only goes to prove that if high heels were all that great, men would still be wearing them.  Notice too the little angel who's face is sitting atop the flames, that would have to hurt.  Was that symbolism of burning angels really appropriate for a catholic church?  Yep. 
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13.  Girl Parts Symbology
We all know the obelisk is the symbol of the male reproductive organ.  Did you know the circle is the symbol of the vagina?  No wonder you'll always find these two things together. 
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14.  Wall Head Guy
It's the most natural thing in the world to have a decapitated head stuck on the wall over the door.  We have that here, no wait, we don't have that here.  Oh well, it's the most natural thing in the world to have 3 million security cameras stuck on every wall in the city.  No wait, oh never mind.
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WELCOME TO LONDON 
Walk around London and you'll see fascinating sculptures and architectural oddities from long ago,  as well as updated versions still keeping up the theme.  Lot's of nautical things, sexual symbols, decapitated heads, stabbed hearts, chopped off feet, you know, the usual.  That's why they called it Jolly Old England.  You can get a nice close up view of each photo, and I highly recommend you do, otherwise I'll have done all this work for nothing. 



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