27-04-2016, 06:57 PM
MarcoP,
To boil it all down, the points of similarity consist of a more or less horizontal nebuly line and a series of vertical lines beneath it, that apparently indicate something falling (from the clouds.) But can you take the VMs illustration of a 'canopy' and say, "Oh yeah, look, it's the starry dome and rainbow with God on his throne?, just like that illustration by Wynandus de Stega."? Not as I see it. That's just my opinion.
Webster has three definitions for canopy: (1) a drapery, (2) something by nature overhead, like trees or the sky, (3) an architectural construction. All possessing the general similarity that they are overhead, rather than under foot. But no one is going to mistake one for the other - outside of a planetarium.
The VMs illustration shows the generation of the mysterious VMs fluid in some unknown manner. And what is being precipitated in the Vatican illustration? Well, if the text indicates an apocalyptic vision, then I'll have to go with hell-fire and brimstone, with the circles pictured being the stones. I don't get any sort of apocalyptic feeling from the VMs illustration, although the option of religious interpretation is clearly present in the cross. It's hard to say how that affects what's going on in the illustration, if we can't specify what is going on.
Rather than discussing the interpretations, I am more interested in the specifics of artistic technique, particularly in the way the nebuly line in the Vatican illustration is constructed, so that it looks all jagged and pointy. In my experience with the use of nebuly lines to depict cloud bands, that is an unusual characteristic. And it is most interesting that the VMs cloud band around the Central Rosette displays a similarly jagged line in the construction of the nebuly line shown there.
So far I don't even have the proper search words, to get to the type of images that might be relevant to this investigation. Any help appreciated. I've started a new thread to discuss this nebuly line similarity, if there's anything to be said.
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To boil it all down, the points of similarity consist of a more or less horizontal nebuly line and a series of vertical lines beneath it, that apparently indicate something falling (from the clouds.) But can you take the VMs illustration of a 'canopy' and say, "Oh yeah, look, it's the starry dome and rainbow with God on his throne?, just like that illustration by Wynandus de Stega."? Not as I see it. That's just my opinion.
Webster has three definitions for canopy: (1) a drapery, (2) something by nature overhead, like trees or the sky, (3) an architectural construction. All possessing the general similarity that they are overhead, rather than under foot. But no one is going to mistake one for the other - outside of a planetarium.
The VMs illustration shows the generation of the mysterious VMs fluid in some unknown manner. And what is being precipitated in the Vatican illustration? Well, if the text indicates an apocalyptic vision, then I'll have to go with hell-fire and brimstone, with the circles pictured being the stones. I don't get any sort of apocalyptic feeling from the VMs illustration, although the option of religious interpretation is clearly present in the cross. It's hard to say how that affects what's going on in the illustration, if we can't specify what is going on.
Rather than discussing the interpretations, I am more interested in the specifics of artistic technique, particularly in the way the nebuly line in the Vatican illustration is constructed, so that it looks all jagged and pointy. In my experience with the use of nebuly lines to depict cloud bands, that is an unusual characteristic. And it is most interesting that the VMs cloud band around the Central Rosette displays a similarly jagged line in the construction of the nebuly line shown there.
So far I don't even have the proper search words, to get to the type of images that might be relevant to this investigation. Any help appreciated. I've started a new thread to discuss this nebuly line similarity, if there's anything to be said.
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