Well the answer to who is who in tinsel and gold is pretty obvious Dr. E.... By the way is that headpiece the Popes crown? I noted three rows of Gems etc. so these would have to have some meaning. Is it worn for special occassions because the dome headpiece itself is pretty eye popping in itself. Or does the Pope have several headpieces?
I suspect there is some meaning to the whole outfit perhaps I should just look it up. I know the Jewish have certain Priestly garb where every stone had meaning as well as every tassle.
Art takes many forms and represents the highest levels of inspiration, achievement, and reverence of both the artists and recipients.
Art consists of all works produced in an attempt to illustrate, supplement and portray in tangible form the teachings of the Catholic Church. This includes sculpture, painting, poetry and prose, mosaics, metalwork, embroidery, architecture and even music. Catholic art has played a leading role in the history and development of Western Art since at least the fourth century.
That being said you will not find a non-Catholic denomination that does not have its own art and who have not pinched Catholic art, especially music, in their lives, worship and liturgy.
I believe it is simple envy of the beauty and the commercial value of the art freely given to the Catholic Church and accumulated over a thousand years longer than the existence of the break away sects that makes the anti-Catholics so covetous.