12-11-2025, 11:49 PM
Painting is not relevant to the arcaded structure. Perhaps the blue paint is only there to indicate the shadows on the incised parts of the arched structure. And if the pattern went across the front as well, wouldn't that be an even stronger connection with Harley 4431 than when it was left as being halfway ambiguous. That <clearly indicative completion> is not what the VMs artist did. The ambiguity is intentional, even though the two-factor combination of 'nine women' and 'arcaded patterns' is so specific in the extant examples. [Similar to 'solar faces' and 'fillet headbands', etc.]
While I'm sure there is a logical sequence of events involved in VMs "construction", I am not convinced that there is any reliable way to measure the length of time that passed between those events. Did the person with the paint know what to do? Most of the leaves are green and there is a lot of blue and white alternation. Pattern and color are coordinated in the red hats and blue stripes in VMs White Aries. Two elements combine to designate specific historical information. It's the Genoese gambit.
While I'm sure there is a logical sequence of events involved in VMs "construction", I am not convinced that there is any reliable way to measure the length of time that passed between those events. Did the person with the paint know what to do? Most of the leaves are green and there is a lot of blue and white alternation. Pattern and color are coordinated in the red hats and blue stripes in VMs White Aries. Two elements combine to designate specific historical information. It's the Genoese gambit.