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Parnell:
I'd place my money on the dogs being something relative to the Pharoah Hound of the region. They are recognized as being an ancient breed.
As far as the phallic illustrations...nothing surprising. Determining sex has always been pretty clearly defined in art. I'd recently learned why the artists of the renaissance and such made all the phallic material so small on classical statues. It's an interesting history in itself.
What a great image overall. Says a ton.
sleek:
--- Quote from: Parnell on April 30, 2018, 08:06:36 am ---I'd place my money on the dogs being something relative to the Pharoah Hound of the region. They are recognized as being an ancient breed.
As far as the phallic illustrations...nothing surprising. Determining sex has always been pretty clearly defined in art. I'd recently learned why the artists of the renaissance and such made all the phallic material so small on classical statues. It's an interesting history in itself.
What a great image overall. Says a ton.
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Well, why did they make them so?
Zuma:
search Canaan Dog.
Zuma
Parnell:
@Sleek - Basically, the idea being that small phallus represents a moving away from a more brutish past. That smaller is more civilized and less violent...etc. For awhile it even went so far as the fig leaf and removing it completely. The Vatican's collection actually was covering up statues or actually damaging the original works. An odd topic, but interesting in terms of how we are as people.
Makes me consider the idea of civilization being emasculating. But hey, that's what art is supposed to do right?! ;) :)
Chippintuff:
American rock art depicts men and women graphically. My personal opinion is that our "covert" civilizations have departed from the true norm of mankind. To a lot of mankind, sex has just been a matter of fact.
WA
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