01-16-2006, 06:16 PM
Jim,
First off, great impression. I think it looks great.
I think that John's looks great if you compare it to the pozzouli figures or the figures from the arch of Sept. Severus. I think that the regular pleats are more a product of the style of Mainz stelae. On more naturalistic images, we see pleats EXACTLY like John's, it depends on what you are trying for. I think it's easier to re-enact an impression from a more naturalistis source. Going after an impression of something that was intended to be stylized in the first place seems like a wild goose chase, , but that's just me.
It's all part of that same style vs form argument you and I are having elsewhere.
Travis
First off, great impression. I think it looks great.
Quote:One thing I must say, though, is that your method of using fibulae for creating the pleats does create far more regular ones as seen as on many grave stele.
I think that John's looks great if you compare it to the pozzouli figures or the figures from the arch of Sept. Severus. I think that the regular pleats are more a product of the style of Mainz stelae. On more naturalistic images, we see pleats EXACTLY like John's, it depends on what you are trying for. I think it's easier to re-enact an impression from a more naturalistis source. Going after an impression of something that was intended to be stylized in the first place seems like a wild goose chase, , but that's just me.
It's all part of that same style vs form argument you and I are having elsewhere.
Travis
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