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Description: Charcoal drawings examine Southern Appalachian folk culture focusing on religious serpent handlers in Holiness churches.
DRAWINGS OF RELIGIOUS SERPENT HANDLERS OF SOUTHERN APPALACHIA This series of drawings depict the religious snake handling practices of certain Holiness churches in Southern Appalachia.  "Shorty Takes Up Serpents", "Arthur Reaches Into The Deep Light", "The Anointing of Miss Hopi", "The Miracle of the Triplets", "Meeting at the Brush Arbor", "The Ecstasy of St. Columbia Gay of Jolo" and " St. George Went Hensley of Grasshopper Valley Receives the Signs"  can be viewed below by clicking on the picture.  Clicking the buttons above will give you a larger image along with an explanation of each drawing.
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Keywords:Religious Serpenthandlers, Religious Serpenthandling, Christianity, Holiness Churches,religion, religous, Southern Appalachia, snakes, serpents, Dennis Covington, art, art history, Renaissance,Jackson Pollock, Caravaggio, Hopi Indians, Gary Monroe, Bible
Description:Original contemporary religious art charcoal drawings of religious serpent handlers in Southern Appalachia Holiness churches inspired by the book Salvation on Sand Mountain by Dennis Covington, Jackson Pollock, Hopi Indian culture, and Renaissance art work including the Laocoon Group, Titian, and Michaelangelo.
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Creation Date: 29-sep-1994
Expiration Date: 28-sep-2014