Koen G > 01-05-2016, 11:26 AM
Sam G > 01-05-2016, 09:11 PM
Koen G > 01-05-2016, 11:08 PM
R. Sale > 02-05-2016, 01:11 AM
-JKP- > 02-05-2016, 05:06 AM
(02-05-2016, 01:11 AM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I have to say that I'm with Sam G on this one. Is this an illustration of a woman being captured? Let's try a VMs thought experiment and imagine the drawing of a captured woman, who has just been set free. How would that be different? Or perhaps her smile isn't quite big enough?
In the myth of Procne and Philomela, Philomela's capture is the prologue to Procne's revenge. If you can't substantiate those events, how is the VMs illustration anything beyond generic - other than a clearly predisposed preference for finding something with classical Greek / Roman connections?
Koen G > 02-05-2016, 07:47 AM
(02-05-2016, 01:11 AM)R. Sale Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.In the myth of Procne and Philomela, Philomela's capture is the prologue to Procne's revenge. If you can't substantiate those events, how is the VMs illustration anything beyond generic - other than a clearly predisposed preference for finding something with classical Greek / Roman connections?
Sam G > 02-05-2016, 08:07 AM
(01-05-2016, 11:08 PM)Koen Gh. Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Sam - this mostly comes down to how one is willing to interpret things, and to what extent one wants everything to match perfectly.
Quote:"it isn't really clear that her hands are tied, much less that her hair is being used to tie them"
Marco pointed out to me that the tying hands with hair thing is a translation error in the edition I used. In other translations, there is a moment where the king pulls the girl's hair and brings her hands behind her back, before tying her up.
Koen G > 02-05-2016, 08:36 AM
Sam G > 02-05-2016, 08:54 AM