On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, michaela wrote: > http://www.microlanitalia.com/exe/turismoimg.htm?t=4&k1=6&k2=1 > > > The lady here has a crown, which is one of CofA's attributes, but there's > > no sword or wheel, so it remains uncertain. > > Actually there is a wheel, at her feet (between her and the Madonna) it's > that brown object with the spikes;) I think it's depicting the wheel edge > on.
Oh by golly, that is a wheel. I think my brain said "pillow with fringe" or something and then I stopped looking at it, before I started thinking "where's the wheel?" Now, if it had been ROUND... > Yup:) The faces remind me a lot of the other 14thC Italian art, but it > could also have been altered at some stage? Anyone have any idea what > the blue-black zigzag shapes on her sleeve are (the one furthest from > us and held up for the ring)? The underlayer beneath decaying paint? Seriously, I have no clue. > It's a very cool image and fits in with what I have seen of the 14thC > Italian stuff. By that I mean: it's weird and all kinds of pretty;) That's a really good way of putting it! --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
