medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Christopher Crockett wrote:
>
> in the pre-gothic sculpture of c. 12 it is, by far, the most common form of
> folliage.
>
> at least assuming that what Art Hysterians consistently term "acanthus"
> friezes are really, indeed, acanthus friezes.
>
Probably because it is the foliage of Corinthian capitals, much
appreciated by the Romans, & there were hundreds, thousands, of them
surviving for the romanesques & medievals to appropriate for their own
buildings.
>> A park on the Quirinale near S. Andrea is almost completely landscaped with
>>
> it. Looks like dandelion greens on steroids.
>
> an eloquent enough description, i suppose.
>
And has the advantage of being accurate.
>
> it should be right there, in the text, below the illumination.
>
> i heard it on The Innernets, so it's *got* to be in there, somewhere, doesn't
> it?
>
> whatsamatter, can't you read Greek?
>
I can, but I have Other Obligations.
>
>
> i heard, somewhere on The Innernets, that it was a "weed".
>
Too kind.
>
> if pics of them are on your site, i saw them.
>
>
Not on my site.
> trying (in vain) to add a bit of Class to the Left Coast.
>
More like remembering Happy Days. I just bought an olive tree.
>
> Greek girl sounding out the words. Her parents apologized for her being in my
> way. I told them
>
> in Greek, i presume.
>
No. I had the impression they had been trying to make sure this very
lovely child had the advantages they had not had.. The really striking
thing about the two great Byzantine exhibits at the Met was the number
of blue-collar Greeks who came in to see their heritage, people who
mostly had never been into a museum before. I had come with a chartered
bus of Dumbarton Oaks types & the culture contrast was powerful.
DW
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