Putin Icons, Showcasing Muslim Camel Drivers
December 11th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker

Xenophanes of Colophon argued, “if oxen and horses or lions had hands, and could paint with their hands, and pro-duce works of art as men do, horses would paint the forms of gods like horses, and oxen like oxen, and make their bodies in the image of their several kinds. The Ethiopians make their gods black and snub-nosed; the Thracians say theirs have blue eyes and red hair.”