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Posted By: tsuwm Laocoon - 10/25/06 01:50 PM
in response to today's wwftd, I received the following:

Many years ago, a wonderful professor at N.Y.U. pointed out to me that if one envisions the sculpture of Apollo wrestling the serpents without the serpents being present, then it looks as if he is yawning and stretching.

aside from the fact that the statue
doesn't depict Apollo, isn't this a bit of a reach?!
Posted By: AnnaStrophic Re: Laocoon - 10/25/06 05:32 PM
Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.
Posted By: Jackie Re: Laocoon - 10/26/06 01:56 AM
Posted By: Faldage Re: Laocoon - 10/26/06 01:59 AM
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Bit of a stretch, if you ask me.



And a real yawner, too.
Posted By: wsieber Re: Laocoon - 10/26/06 08:33 AM
And a real yawner, too
At first sight, I would tend to agree, but then, wrestling with serpents that are not there, is more frequent than one might think .
Posted By: Faldage Re: Laocoön - 10/26/06 09:46 AM
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wrestling with serpents that are not there, is more frequent than one might think .



And quite tiring, one would expect.
Posted By: BranShea Re: Laocoön - 11/01/06 01:03 PM
It obviously shows the model got bored and tired.
Posted By: TEd Remington Model bored? - 11/01/06 08:49 PM
Well at least he was working to scale.
Posted By: Myridon Re: Model bored? - 11/01/06 10:29 PM
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Well at least he was working to scale.



Nit: Modellers work to scale, models work for scale.
Posted By: TEd Remington Re: Model bored? - 11/02/06 10:14 AM
Nit taken. I kept looking at that trying to figure out what was wrong; figured someone would steer me right. Thanks.
Posted By: wsieber Re: Model bored? - 11/02/06 06:22 PM
Well at least he was working to scale.
- I never quite manage to scale your mental scaffolding
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