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<p>[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 4332619, member: 1136"]It's just my personality to try and pick something down to the bare bones, figure out the WHY behind something.</p><p>Why sometimes a dragon, snake, Sphinx, Pegasus, or a face on the helmet.</p><p>Why sometimes the face of Madussa and sometimes the sun?</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess it comes down to the time period, if a story or particular character was Uber popular during the time period of the creation, the artists personal interpretation and inspiration behind a piece, or if they flat out didn't care if it was Athena or Minerva, and just needed to turn a piece out..</p><p><br /></p><p>While reading on Cellini's sculpture, it was noted that the back of the helmet was a self portrait, wonder how many faces on pieces were also self portraits <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]356509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SeaGoat, post: 4332619, member: 1136"]It's just my personality to try and pick something down to the bare bones, figure out the WHY behind something. Why sometimes a dragon, snake, Sphinx, Pegasus, or a face on the helmet. Why sometimes the face of Madussa and sometimes the sun? I guess it comes down to the time period, if a story or particular character was Uber popular during the time period of the creation, the artists personal interpretation and inspiration behind a piece, or if they flat out didn't care if it was Athena or Minerva, and just needed to turn a piece out.. While reading on Cellini's sculpture, it was noted that the back of the helmet was a self portrait, wonder how many faces on pieces were also self portraits :D [ATTACH=full]356509[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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