04-21-2017, 03:34 PM
Hi
Frightening to think those illustrations were done over 17 years ago!!!
Today after more research I might make the tunic and cloak a bit more patched and worn on figure C2, while I would add clavi to the tunic of the centurion C3.
There is of course an Osprey book on the army of Herod the Great, but the equipment shown is a mixture of Roman and Hellenistic with no "Temple Guard" as such.
Robert is right in that our perception of biblical dress is very much influenced by our stereotypical viewpoint. In particular by the work of the nineteenth century artist James Tissot. Tissot went to the middle East and assumed the contemporary dress he saw was 'traditional'. His illustrations were very popular in America and later influenced Hollywood movies.
It is amusing that Herod's bodyguards in films very often look like the Klingons in Star Trek the original series. Not helped when one actor, Michael Ansara played both roles!
Graham.
Frightening to think those illustrations were done over 17 years ago!!!
Today after more research I might make the tunic and cloak a bit more patched and worn on figure C2, while I would add clavi to the tunic of the centurion C3.
There is of course an Osprey book on the army of Herod the Great, but the equipment shown is a mixture of Roman and Hellenistic with no "Temple Guard" as such.
Robert is right in that our perception of biblical dress is very much influenced by our stereotypical viewpoint. In particular by the work of the nineteenth century artist James Tissot. Tissot went to the middle East and assumed the contemporary dress he saw was 'traditional'. His illustrations were very popular in America and later influenced Hollywood movies.
It is amusing that Herod's bodyguards in films very often look like the Klingons in Star Trek the original series. Not helped when one actor, Michael Ansara played both roles!
Graham.
"Is all that we see or seem but a dream within a dream" Edgar Allan Poe.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
"Every brush-stroke is torn from my body" The Rebel, Tony Hancock.
"..I sweated in that damn dirty armor....TWENTY YEARS!', Charlton Heston, The Warlord.
