Re:Long-lost sphinxes of Egyptian king Amenhotep III unearth...
by ncmncm on Sunday January 30, 2022 @01:34AM
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We can but hope.
On my schedule for demolishing ill-conceived stonework, that cliff face in Atlanta is top of the list.
I have read suggestions that the nasal obliteration we see in classical sculpture is deliberate sabotage by successors and, more comprehensively, by general orders under Islam's stricture against figurative representation. I don't know how much credence to put in it, vs. natural tendency for cantilevered bits to fall off. But it seems like noses fare strictly worse than other projections.
On my schedule for demolishing ill-conceived stonework, that cliff face in Atlanta is top of the list.
I have read suggestions that the nasal obliteration we see in classical sculpture is deliberate sabotage by successors and, more comprehensively, by general orders under Islam's stricture against figurative representation. I don't know how much credence to put in it, vs. natural tendency for cantilevered bits to fall off. But it seems like noses fare strictly worse than other projections.