01-09-2009, 06:41 PM
Thanks Julio, great pics!
Does someone know who this strange horse-person is, jumping off the ship??
![[Image: f_img1m_86a2b80.jpg]](http://img37.picoodle.com/img/img37/3/1/9/f_img1m_86a2b80.jpg)
The carving skill might date the frieze to the 1st century AD, but the carving proportions clearly indicate a provincial/non-classical artistic canon, which seems to have been very typical of gladiatorial depictions. There's a famous imperial frieze, the name of which escapes me, which depicts a ship and soldiers stretched out in a realistic and proportional fashion.
Does someone know who this strange horse-person is, jumping off the ship??
The carving skill might date the frieze to the 1st century AD, but the carving proportions clearly indicate a provincial/non-classical artistic canon, which seems to have been very typical of gladiatorial depictions. There's a famous imperial frieze, the name of which escapes me, which depicts a ship and soldiers stretched out in a realistic and proportional fashion.
Multi viri et feminae philosophiam antiquam conservant.
James S.
James S.
