Small pictures of what? The link to the VMs page has magnification. If there are details to discuss, name them. Certainly, a number of topics remain unexamined - the perceived use of hatching lines, for example.
Before that, consider the ideological differences between 'depiction' and 'representation'. The thing about depiction is accuracy. The thing about representation is identity.
In these pictures of elephants, the accuracy of depiction varies substantially. Yet all representations were clearly intended to be identified as elephants.
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The same must apply to the VMs image. These perons are not recognized by their appearance. They are identified by their heraldic attributes. Since the combination of attributes is historically specific, a connection can be found.
The White Aries identification relies on basic heraldry. The White Aries illustration is also clearly dualistic. There are other examples of trickery, disguise, deception, obfuscation and ambiguity elsewhere as well.
In the White Aries illustration, the VMs artist presents the potential investigator with a puzzle - the Genoese Gambit. Does the investigator know the armorial insignia of the pope who established the tradition of the cardinal's red galero?
Before that, consider the ideological differences between 'depiction' and 'representation'. The thing about depiction is accuracy. The thing about representation is identity.
In these pictures of elephants, the accuracy of depiction varies substantially. Yet all representations were clearly intended to be identified as elephants.
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The same must apply to the VMs image. These perons are not recognized by their appearance. They are identified by their heraldic attributes. Since the combination of attributes is historically specific, a connection can be found.
The White Aries identification relies on basic heraldry. The White Aries illustration is also clearly dualistic. There are other examples of trickery, disguise, deception, obfuscation and ambiguity elsewhere as well.
In the White Aries illustration, the VMs artist presents the potential investigator with a puzzle - the Genoese Gambit. Does the investigator know the armorial insignia of the pope who established the tradition of the cardinal's red galero?