12-16-2005, 01:11 AM
A very interesting thread.
About the Trajan column, could not it be a artistic convention (is it the right saying?)
I mean, in many paints(of all periods), characters are showing the main character (here the emperor) to the spectator, often in a theatrical way.
So it may be not only discribing a "salute", but a way to bring the eye of the spectator to the Emperor.
About the Trajan column, could not it be a artistic convention (is it the right saying?)
I mean, in many paints(of all periods), characters are showing the main character (here the emperor) to the spectator, often in a theatrical way.
So it may be not only discribing a "salute", but a way to bring the eye of the spectator to the Emperor.
ERWAN