08-21-2007, 05:41 PM
Somehow there's a little voice in me that says "It's a Renaissance work of art"... The entire composition feels more like those bystanders who are watching the Crucifixion, or the Holy Family arriving in Betlehem, or some other scene typical of Late Medieval or Early Renaissance triptych or fresco. The bag and hat make the guy look as if he has just left a painting by Breughel.
What if the statue had an explanatory note saying that it was made "nel duecento"? That means 'in the thirteenth century'; and it can easily lead to a mistranslation "in the second century". The idea that life is like a road ("Ruhe nach den Mühen des Lebens") at least has plausible parallels in that age, think only of Dante'ss "cammin di nostra vita".
What worries me also are the leaves of grass in front of the photo. I would not be surprised if it were stored away somewhere on a small courtyard.
What if the statue had an explanatory note saying that it was made "nel duecento"? That means 'in the thirteenth century'; and it can easily lead to a mistranslation "in the second century". The idea that life is like a road ("Ruhe nach den Mühen des Lebens") at least has plausible parallels in that age, think only of Dante'ss "cammin di nostra vita".
What worries me also are the leaves of grass in front of the photo. I would not be surprised if it were stored away somewhere on a small courtyard.
