11-01-2025, 08:28 PM
Here we are, yet again, on the horns of a dilemma. <ouch!> What is going on in this VMs illustration?? Did the doctor mistakenly get promoted to a prior "four seasons" / "four ages of (wo)man" sequence? The result of some accidental misinterpretation?
It might see probable to think so, just looking at this example. But how many similar "errors" have accumulated from the various other investigations: the cosmos, White Aries, etc. If the artist was so prone to mistakes, we are in big trouble. The alternative is that these are not copying mistakes. These are examples of subtle and intentional non sequiturs - artistic trickery. The VMs woman has a "cane" and a "rosary". The "cane" is too short. The "cane" is minimized = artistic trickery. It's still a cane. The rosary has been multiplied. Does that really matter?
Great work, Marco [Post #61] I take it [last line of Munich Ms] "(p.157): ein artzatt der wasser besichtTHe (a doctor examines the water)" retains the original wording. Why is it called 'water'? A euphemism?
In the VMs, the doctor is clearly a doctor. The woman with the cane and rosary is a beguine [Koen's Post #72]. Note the less refined representation of the rosary on the right-side drawing. The "maiden" / person holding a flower, if it were a male with a fleur-de-lis, might be seen as a king, and if female, might be seen as a queen.
The 'Man with no Attributes' then, is obviously a philosopher. Thus, the four characters represent philosophy, government, religion and medical science. How's that for a tall one?
It might see probable to think so, just looking at this example. But how many similar "errors" have accumulated from the various other investigations: the cosmos, White Aries, etc. If the artist was so prone to mistakes, we are in big trouble. The alternative is that these are not copying mistakes. These are examples of subtle and intentional non sequiturs - artistic trickery. The VMs woman has a "cane" and a "rosary". The "cane" is too short. The "cane" is minimized = artistic trickery. It's still a cane. The rosary has been multiplied. Does that really matter?
Great work, Marco [Post #61] I take it [last line of Munich Ms] "(p.157): ein artzatt der wasser besichtTHe (a doctor examines the water)" retains the original wording. Why is it called 'water'? A euphemism?
In the VMs, the doctor is clearly a doctor. The woman with the cane and rosary is a beguine [Koen's Post #72]. Note the less refined representation of the rosary on the right-side drawing. The "maiden" / person holding a flower, if it were a male with a fleur-de-lis, might be seen as a king, and if female, might be seen as a queen.
The 'Man with no Attributes' then, is obviously a philosopher. Thus, the four characters represent philosophy, government, religion and medical science. How's that for a tall one?
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