tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post933228981942212250..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Greek bronze figure of a horseMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-12411632449337200582011-05-25T01:39:27.812-05:002011-05-25T01:39:27.812-05:00The abstraction of the form of the horse is just s...The abstraction of the form of the horse is just spectacularly gorgeous. If I had $842.5K to spare, I'd have bought it. Wouldn't you love to have met the sculptor?<br /><br />--Swift LorisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-30432761922044667842011-05-23T22:43:05.247-05:002011-05-23T22:43:05.247-05:00I wonder if it's modelled after an Arab breed?...I wonder if it's modelled after an Arab breed? They've got the characteristic concave facial structureJimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-9776500109704453132011-05-23T21:06:20.081-05:002011-05-23T21:06:20.081-05:00Excellent. I've added the link to the post.
...Excellent. I've added the link to the post. <br /><br />Thank you, 032125.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-47854633031578782902011-05-23T20:42:01.566-05:002011-05-23T20:42:01.566-05:00This is exceedingly similar to another horse in th...This is exceedingly similar to another horse in the Met Museum.<br /><br />http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/21.88.24<br /><br />The heavily stylized form doesn't seem consistent (to me, so take with salt) with Greek art even that far back; I'd swear this thing has some practical function that we are unaware of, like a hand towel rack or simple abacus, etc.032125https://www.blogger.com/profile/11092860450994272341noreply@blogger.com