04-16-2010, 11:43 PM
Does anyone have photos of capricorn depictions especially in frescoes. I would prefer any from the 1st C AD but other photos are most welcome as well.
I would like to paint a capircorn on an object that I am making and would like a guide. Logically, the most realistic colors would be those of an ordinary goat paired with a a bluish/gray fish tail with scales.
I think its best to go with actual evidence if possible. Some mosaics of capricorns are not "realisitc" in color since they are made of different element in line patterns. Frescoes on the other hand represent something more of what they thought to be natural; an outdoor scene with animals.
Again I do not think that painting an actual goat with an actual tail of a fish if "wrong" since that is what I think they would have done but again, evidence is the best.
Thanks in advance.
I would like to paint a capircorn on an object that I am making and would like a guide. Logically, the most realistic colors would be those of an ordinary goat paired with a a bluish/gray fish tail with scales.
I think its best to go with actual evidence if possible. Some mosaics of capricorns are not "realisitc" in color since they are made of different element in line patterns. Frescoes on the other hand represent something more of what they thought to be natural; an outdoor scene with animals.
Again I do not think that painting an actual goat with an actual tail of a fish if "wrong" since that is what I think they would have done but again, evidence is the best.
Thanks in advance.
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