03-11-2004, 11:55 AM
Rich<br>
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I by no means mean this to be a counter to your argument, because in one instance gladiator pictures where painted that were also considered lifelike.<br>
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I think though what is considered lifelike by different peoples might mean that we would look at something clearly a model from Rome which they could have been confused by.<br>
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Consider for example the Lost World (?) by Conan Doyle when the filming was shown and people were terrified as dinosaurs had been found, to a modern eye the dinosaurs models are appalling and how anyone could be duped is beyond me ... I remember some footage of a train coming at the camera which had people ducking for cover in an old silent movie as well.<br>
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So appaling colours and dreadful painting might look obviously fake to us but to ancient eyes it might have been terrifyingly close to the real thing ... in their eyes.<br>
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Just my pennies worth. <p>Graham Ashford
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I by no means mean this to be a counter to your argument, because in one instance gladiator pictures where painted that were also considered lifelike.<br>
<br>
I think though what is considered lifelike by different peoples might mean that we would look at something clearly a model from Rome which they could have been confused by.<br>
<br>
Consider for example the Lost World (?) by Conan Doyle when the filming was shown and people were terrified as dinosaurs had been found, to a modern eye the dinosaurs models are appalling and how anyone could be duped is beyond me ... I remember some footage of a train coming at the camera which had people ducking for cover in an old silent movie as well.<br>
<br>
So appaling colours and dreadful painting might look obviously fake to us but to ancient eyes it might have been terrifyingly close to the real thing ... in their eyes.<br>
<br>
Just my pennies worth. <p>Graham Ashford
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