16-11-2017, 08:38 AM
Yeah I agree with Anton here.
To be honest this is probably one of the Q13 nymphs I've always considered as the most straightforward looking: she's holding a flower, and the flower's scent is represented by the cloud shape.
The perception of odors, just like that of sound and color, was under investigation in the middle ages, and the question of whether odors were perceived by the nose as a direct effluence of things, whether the scent was a "form" imprinted on the air, or whether it was a dry emanation that mixed with the moisture in the air was still unresolved.
To be honest this is probably one of the Q13 nymphs I've always considered as the most straightforward looking: she's holding a flower, and the flower's scent is represented by the cloud shape.
The perception of odors, just like that of sound and color, was under investigation in the middle ages, and the question of whether odors were perceived by the nose as a direct effluence of things, whether the scent was a "form" imprinted on the air, or whether it was a dry emanation that mixed with the moisture in the air was still unresolved.
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