Sorry, Alden, I have to line up with Colin Never heard of it or knowingly seen one
Graham -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Colin Sent: 14 February 2008 12:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [HG] Alden's rant on iconography, and a challenge Stratocaster, is that the two door or four door model? Heard of it, wouldn't know one if I walked into it, let alone sketch one. Colin Hill ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 1:29 AM Subject: [HG] Alden's rant on iconography, and a challenge > > OK, you asked for it. ;-) > > Arle pretty much made my points for me already, so I'll just say this: > > In scholarly circles there is, perhaps, a dedication to the iconography > that > is unwarranted. The scholars go on and on about how the instrument shown > in > this source has this feature while this one doesn't showing that [insert > your > conclusion here]. This is all very well, but any time a conclusion is > reached > by serious study of the available drawings, paintings, engravings and > sculptures, there should be a big disclaimer attached that the details of > the > source materials are suspect. We treat the iconography as if it's a > photograph, because we're used to that level of truth in our world. > > So here's the challenge. > > Take out a pencil and blank paper. Draw a Fender Stratocaster electric > guitar > from memory. > > This is probably the most common instrument in the modern age, and even if > you > have absolutely no interest in rock music, you have probably seen the > instrument literally hundreds of times. Don't worry if you "can't draw", > and > don't worry about showing perspective, or showing the player (though you > can > if you want to). Please DON'T cheat and look up Stratocaster images on > the > web to work from - just work from memory, because that's the point of the > experiment. Scan your drawing and email me the scan, or send it to me via > snailmail. I'll post them all anonymously over the next week or so. > > I was going to write what I expect to see, but I think I'll wait until the > experiment is over. Since I'm asking you all to do this, I'll post a > drawing > also. Remember, to make this experiment work, I need YOUR drawing. No > one > will laugh at it, I promise. > > Alden > >
