New archeological find
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 7:44 am
Interesting...but probably artistic license.
I will have to wait for my copy of Biblical Archæology Review to come in the mail before commenting further.
FL
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Re: New archeological find
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 3:40 pm
Re: New archeological find
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:31 pm
Sorry to burst the bubble:
I couldn't wait for my copy of BAR to arrive, so I did a little research here at home:
-King Solomon lived circa 1000 BC
-Plato lived circa 428-348 BC
-Socrates was executed in 399 BC
-Aristotle lived 384-322 BC
None of these guys could have witnessed King Solomon's judgement of the two women who claimed to be the mother of the same baby.
So I was right: the painting is,
I couldn't wait for my copy of BAR to arrive, so I did a little research here at home:
-King Solomon lived circa 1000 BC
-Plato lived circa 428-348 BC
-Socrates was executed in 399 BC
-Aristotle lived 384-322 BC
None of these guys could have witnessed King Solomon's judgement of the two women who claimed to be the mother of the same baby.
So I was right: the painting is,
FLFürstentum Liechtenstein wrote:Interesting...but probably artistic license.
Re: New archeological find
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:27 pm
Hi FL,
For sure artistic license. I just tho't it was interesting that an artist of that time period would want to put the three of them together.
DB
For sure artistic license. I just tho't it was interesting that an artist of that time period would want to put the three of them together.
DB
Re: New archeological find
Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:57 pm
Maybe it was the precursor to the patrons of the Rennaisance who would pay the artist to put their faces on the characters in the scene!! 
I remember my art history teacher showing us the multiple paintings from that time period showing the lords and ladies who were snuck into the biblical scene.
I remember my art history teacher showing us the multiple paintings from that time period showing the lords and ladies who were snuck into the biblical scene.
Re: New archeological find
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:41 pm
I received my copy of Biblical Archæology Review today!
The painting we are discussing on this thread is a secondary cover story along with Indiana Jones as Archæologist, The Aleppo Codex, and How Hezekiah's Tunnelers Met.
The article's writer concluded that, [Socrates' and Aristotle's] presence in the composition attests to the respect Greek philosophy could accord to Hebrew wisdom. Such a juxtaposition in art of wise men from the two civilizations was unprecedented, has rarely been done since, and is of great cultural and historical significance.
FL
The painting we are discussing on this thread is a secondary cover story along with Indiana Jones as Archæologist, The Aleppo Codex, and How Hezekiah's Tunnelers Met.
The article's writer concluded that, [Socrates' and Aristotle's] presence in the composition attests to the respect Greek philosophy could accord to Hebrew wisdom. Such a juxtaposition in art of wise men from the two civilizations was unprecedented, has rarely been done since, and is of great cultural and historical significance.
FL