04-23-2007, 05:21 PM
Quote:The lower edge is clearly what one would expect from a cuirass, while the armpit shows none and the "armour", at this point follows the body in the unrealistic "clinging" manner noted earlier by Giannis. Basically, the thing contradicts itself. I think the artist must have intended to convey the idea of armour, but whether metal or leather is impossible to guess.
The work undergone in illuminating the paint of such sculptures in that exhibit revealed that artists simply relied on painting on the edges of clothing or equipment much of the time. The same thing happened with that large archer statue they think is Paris: you can see the sleeves at the end of his arms, but nothing else shows up, and he looks like he's wearing some sort of full body jumpsuit. When they looked at the paint underneath, it turns out they just painted all the rest of the edges on. So, no, the artist in this case did not contradict himself.
If we could just get some info on why they have two reconstructions with different colours, we could probably have a better idea of whether it was intended to be metallic or not.
Ruben
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian
He had with him the selfsame rifle you see with him now, all mounted in german silver and the name that he\'d give it set with silver wire under the checkpiece in latin: Et In Arcadia Ego. Common enough for a man to name his gun. His is the first and only ever I seen with an inscription from the classics. - Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian