07-22-2008, 05:22 AM
MeinPanzer,
I think you and I were typing at the same time.
We came to the same conclusion-- that ancient "artists," and I use the word loosely, were "not accurate most of the time and mostly inaccurate some of the time, but never accurate all of the time."
I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
Wryly,
Alanus
aka Alan, art critic and general hoodwink artist
I think you and I were typing at the same time.
We came to the same conclusion-- that ancient "artists," and I use the word loosely, were "not accurate most of the time and mostly inaccurate some of the time, but never accurate all of the time."
I think Abraham Lincoln said that.
Wryly,
Alanus
aka Alan, art critic and general hoodwink artist
Alan J. Campbell
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb
member of Legio III Cyrenaica and the Uncouth Barbarians
Author of:
The Demon's Door Bolt (2011)
Forging the Blade (2012)
"It's good to be king. Even when you're dead!"
Old Yuezhi/Pazyrk proverb