Pompeian Yard Art
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» Kirk_Johnson - Herms
I haven't done any sculpture in a long time. Maybe I should do a self-portrait herm, an anatomically correct herm. I doubt if there are any worshipers of Hermes in this area, so no one would be offended.-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
» Carol Wallace - Well - the ancient ideas do seem to be making a comeback
And you really shouldn't let a talent go to waste. The question is whether you will show us all when you are done.-- posted by Carol Wallace
» Kirk_Johnson - Size
If I were better endowed I might be tempted. If I made it lifesize, people would chuckle and if I made it larger I might be asked to show my model.-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
» DPajin - Priapus etc.
This is an excellent article - for the student as well as the general reader. One can learn from it a lot about Hellenism, and also how a good web page should be done.(Linked) painting of Priapus is also instructing for the art student or historian, because the figure (in particular the upper part), resembles very much early Christian art (general stance, tilted head, way of modeling the body etc.) and without the protruding member it could almost pass as a depiction of a
"good shepherd". It helps also one to understand better what followed - the frantic Christian fight with the "flesh", sexuality, and eroticism - and, also, the importance of protruding parts of the body (tits, or whatever) for popular image (including pop culture, film etc.).
I know the windchimes of Chinese etc. origin, but I did not know until now about Hellenistic windchimes (and how they looked like) - a similar image can be found in Tibetan art (painted on houses etc.- with balls, but without bells).
-- posted by DPajin
» Kirk_Johnson - Windchimes
I am not sure if phallic windchimes are Hellenistic, they are Roman. The Romans adopted a lot of ideas from the Etruscans, especially ideas about religon and the spirit world. The Romans really only began to become a part of the Hellenistic world when they began to conquer it.-- posted by Kirk_Johnson
» Carol Wallace - Re: Herms
In response to message posted by irisman:The Design Toscano catalog had some last year - don't know if they still do, but you can try their web site at http://www.designtoscano.com/ - they often have items on the web site that are not in the catalog. As I recall, they did not call them herms - so the search won't be of much help. But customer service has been pretty responsive - if you can't find it try asking and giving them a description of what you want since they don't seem to be familiar with the terminology.
-- posted by Carol Wallace
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