11-05-2020, 11:57 PM
The line segment below the VMs critter (f80v) is a VMs example of a nebuly line. A nebuly line is one in which the crests and toughs are bulbous. Heraldry stuck with simpler versions, painters used nebuly lines as the basis for complex cloud bands, but also used very simple ones.
Nebuly is etymologically derived from the Latin word 'nebula' for a 'mist' or 'cloud'. The German version is more direct. The line is 'gewolkt' and connects to 'Wolkenband', the term for earlier cloud-band investigations. There is a long thread here on the ninja files.
The use of a nebuly line in the VMs cosmos clearly shows that the artist is using the nebuly line as a cloud-band, where cloud-bands and other artistic techniques are used to indicate a sort of cosmic boundary, either between human and divine, or as in this case, as the boundary of the cosmos. Tradition provides the cosmic equation: nebuly line => cloud band => cosmic boundary.
I can see that they do look like waves. However, I can't say that I've seen any examples where ocean waves were represented like that, while tradition would offer a cloud-based interpretation.
Nebuly is etymologically derived from the Latin word 'nebula' for a 'mist' or 'cloud'. The German version is more direct. The line is 'gewolkt' and connects to 'Wolkenband', the term for earlier cloud-band investigations. There is a long thread here on the ninja files.
The use of a nebuly line in the VMs cosmos clearly shows that the artist is using the nebuly line as a cloud-band, where cloud-bands and other artistic techniques are used to indicate a sort of cosmic boundary, either between human and divine, or as in this case, as the boundary of the cosmos. Tradition provides the cosmic equation: nebuly line => cloud band => cosmic boundary.
I can see that they do look like waves. However, I can't say that I've seen any examples where ocean waves were represented like that, while tradition would offer a cloud-based interpretation.