09-25-2014, 04:39 PM
Quote:However, if you study Roman art on the whole, you will find it bereft of imagination . . . Then-- Whammo!-- we are hit with lizard-horses on the Column.Isn't that the point? The Roman artist was presented with a description of something he had never seen nor was ever likely to see - men and horses entirely covered with scale armour. Does he try to interpret what he has been told or consider its practical aspects? No, he follows his brief to the letter and offers a literal representation of the description given to him. And what does he produce? Lizard horses and lizard men!
Michael King Macdona
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
And do as adversaries do in law, -
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
(The Taming of the Shrew: Act 1, Scene 2)
