From Patrick at Popehat, we learn of a simple but amusing deconstruction of Thomas Kinkade’s mass market landscapes. A sample:

There is an inexplicable absence of people, despite the presence of livestock, abandoned agricultural implements, raging chimney fires, what have you. …it seems as if a sort of aestheticically-directed neutron bomb had detonated, leaving standing only the charming buildings…

For Bosch, it was the bubble-bosomed, jewel-laden temptresses and the winged demons with fish eyes and spiked tails swinging mowing-scythes who represented the driving forces behind Renaissance depravity. For Kinkade, the ultimate context for modern evil is the seemingly static, wholly-controlled, wholly-contrived resort environment… where NO OTHER PEOPLE can interfere with one’s vacation….

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