07-02-2025, 07:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-02-2025, 08:00 PM by Bluetoes101.)
I think so too. I'm not sure we will ever find something exactly the same, the VM artist(s) was.. er.. unique.
They seem to know some things that you would learn early in (modern day, anyway) art class, like in the De balneis puteolanis image the ladies height in the image and arm/neck positions follow the arched shape flow of the overall image so that it flows nicely. The VM artist seems to attempt this but ends up with a 10 arm long arm... which ruins the attempt at depth and makes the middle three ladies look too small.
One alternative idea could be the several scribes were not originally from the same place. If Lisa is correct in thinking each scribe drew their own illustrations, that would make sense to me.
Would it be plausible to have a workshop made up with people from "here and there" who had their own sketches to work from?
They seem to know some things that you would learn early in (modern day, anyway) art class, like in the De balneis puteolanis image the ladies height in the image and arm/neck positions follow the arched shape flow of the overall image so that it flows nicely. The VM artist seems to attempt this but ends up with a 10 arm long arm... which ruins the attempt at depth and makes the middle three ladies look too small.
One alternative idea could be the several scribes were not originally from the same place. If Lisa is correct in thinking each scribe drew their own illustrations, that would make sense to me.
Would it be plausible to have a workshop made up with people from "here and there" who had their own sketches to work from?