02-10-2016, 07:41 PM
Diane - what exactly we agree and disagree about is sometimes so complicated that I don't understand it myself. What I did in these post was show some classical statues as an example of idealized proportions. Then I showed a Carolingian manuscript as an example of "badly drawn proportions all over the place" imagery. Then I measured some arbitrarily chosen proportions on the Voynich nymphs and concluded that their proportions were consistent, but clearly not natural. This makes them different than both classical imagery and badly drawn images.
The (roughly) four head division confirms what you say about the ratio, adds a bit to it, and expresses it in numbers.
What is it you disagree with?
JKP - I'm glad you saw I was having some fun with it as well
I kind of lost my academically serious tone when I realized I was measuring 15th century belly buttons.
Does anyone know some manuscripts that may have similar proportions? I'd love to include any suggestions in the next post where I'll make a bunch of visual comparisons.
The (roughly) four head division confirms what you say about the ratio, adds a bit to it, and expresses it in numbers.
What is it you disagree with?
JKP - I'm glad you saw I was having some fun with it as well
I kind of lost my academically serious tone when I realized I was measuring 15th century belly buttons.Does anyone know some manuscripts that may have similar proportions? I'd love to include any suggestions in the next post where I'll make a bunch of visual comparisons.