tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post4770985251767385226..comments2024-03-27T18:20:38.176-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): Antislavery buttonMinnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-25857827022712007012011-01-20T13:59:23.404-06:002011-01-20T13:59:23.404-06:00I was going to say, essentially and with fewer wor...I was going to say, essentially and with fewer words, that same thing. They look like the same pair of hands to me also.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-23953775130310860152011-01-17T23:49:56.626-06:002011-01-17T23:49:56.626-06:00I had the same thought, but didn't want to arg...I had the same thought, but didn't want to argue with the Met. Glad you took the time to do so.<br /><br />stanMinnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61802298239554339982011-01-17T23:09:34.483-06:002011-01-17T23:09:34.483-06:00I think the description of this image by the museu...I think the description of this image by the museum is entirely false. These are not the hands of two separate people. Look at them closely. This is a man's hands, a pair of one man's hands, holding a book (sure, a Bible perhaps). Imagine a man holding a book in front of him, his arms hanging relaxed, one hand over another comfortably.<br /><br />In photography, particularly black & white photography, light sources and strengths make quite a difference (look at the color differentiation in these hands - clearly belonging to one subject: http://figitalrevolution.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/hands_schaub.jpg). Lighting here also makes these hands (from one subject) appear different "colors": http://ih2.redbubble.net/work.782458.2.flat,550x550,075,f.sculpture-of-hands.jpg. It works in color as well as seen with these caucasian hands http://www.stdavidslakeland.com/Pictures/PrayerHands.jpg. <br /><br />Don't believe me? Check out this picture. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/John_Brown_daguerreotype_c1856.png With the Met's line of thinking, this is an image of two men, one black, and one white, merged into one. Works on black skin and white skin, oranges and apples, children and old people, animals, vegetables and minerals. http://rayamst312.umwblogs.org/files/2009/03/urn-3-fmuspeab.jpgJenPBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706445916591332075noreply@blogger.com