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<p>[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 329470, member: 5833"]I can only comment on the decorations, tell you what you probably already know. It all speaks of conviviality, good food, good wine &, well, the lady with one bare breast & standing on a dolphin is surely Venus. Think Roman banquet. The poor bird is now game; the fish have been hooked. Grapes, grape leaves, panthers & that sort of Green Man face all allude to the wine god Bacchus. The classical references add up to Renaissance revival in my mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bronwen, post: 329470, member: 5833"]I can only comment on the decorations, tell you what you probably already know. It all speaks of conviviality, good food, good wine &, well, the lady with one bare breast & standing on a dolphin is surely Venus. Think Roman banquet. The poor bird is now game; the fish have been hooked. Grapes, grape leaves, panthers & that sort of Green Man face all allude to the wine god Bacchus. The classical references add up to Renaissance revival in my mind.[/QUOTE]
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