11-08-2009, 04:46 PM
Just to be clear- I wasnt' criticising your work or choices Christian, just analyzing them I'm always curious to know what reasoning people have- as often enough there's some gem of previously unknown information there- for interpreting things the way they have. I wouldn't consider it a reenactorism as that's usually a flaw that's perpetuated by people simply copying each other rather than looking at original objects or sources. Your interpretation of the painting is your interpretation- not necessarily any better or any worse than another- since there's no clear indication just what the cross-hatching is.
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