tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25230781021894368142024-03-05T04:40:18.960-08:00Trevor, a Gallo-Roman God, 300ADmeikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-7067271240731157202009-09-28T07:17:00.000-07:002017-03-27T14:51:32.076-07:00New Picture of the Original Treveri Farmer in the Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.landesmuseum-trier.de/"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 388px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLgLV6IcPF31eQgLMOFnKQL7OFrT5Q9133MDZp96mfxe5zScQbS6DvSU1OJ_Vyael4xLWnKnIZQJfzO4LC96RTK7PW6m2vrUEBmO-pBsMH0vK0oxARXP51XFgeSzh7NAOv1DdSsBKakA/s400/treveride_189.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386522972445836370" border="0"></a><br /><br />Thanks to <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/about.htm">Holly Hayes</a> for her article <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/trier-roman-museum">Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Trier</a> with the above photo (taken in 2005?).<br /><br />When I saw this Treveri farmer he did not have his own plinth and case, he was just another figurine in a cabinet near the front desk(in the mid-1990s). Also he looks very shiny now. I don't remember that.meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-15055270400947685372009-04-15T20:41:00.000-07:002009-04-15T23:31:02.801-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQwPA-5CSZjgPTFcecgIiTj4rFxZdrF9nTd0TgDwe6_GiJ9A9sCOhSA8wmMc0Mi3tRWCTN9y_ToKpfeymGt1Jvd0qdom84-V4OFx_rDlfPrFfpeMCA8Q0-_lmybX5fLVn-dKPiLrv8g/s1600-h/Trevor&Ulrike.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQwPA-5CSZjgPTFcecgIiTj4rFxZdrF9nTd0TgDwe6_GiJ9A9sCOhSA8wmMc0Mi3tRWCTN9y_ToKpfeymGt1Jvd0qdom84-V4OFx_rDlfPrFfpeMCA8Q0-_lmybX5fLVn-dKPiLrv8g/s400/Trevor&Ulrike.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5325130915154626882" border="0" /></a><br />Trevor, just before he visited the Art-From-Trash 2007 exhibition, where he sold, and then was given as a wedding present to Sydney someplace.meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-18282757330832600002008-06-23T02:39:00.000-07:002008-06-23T02:40:23.916-07:00Who said the Etruscans didn't have a sense of humor?<a href="http://http//www.dartmouth.edu/%7Eclassics/rome2003/updates/week7_8/nov15.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbZSZBagLE1lV6IDLovqHw6xoNFp8o3iEQocRkE6yM_xMEywU-JALEs1YX302AGxQ7AWTqS4lwTqTEOE5lX2Qco2jXMQCAE4H6mY_dUZdhKsuuHghFa_zQDPhQoTXhvirEO8RgxjMCrg/s400/Who+said+the+Etruscans+didn%27t+have+a+sense+of+humor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5215004601679518514" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Etruscan. In some museum in Rome.<br /><br /><div style="margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;" class="zemanta-pixie"><a class="zemanta-pixie-a" href="http://reblog.zemanta.com/zemified/8a6633b0-1390-4b92-8fc3-c052e0805e23/" title="Zemified by Zemanta"><img style="border: medium none ; float: right;" class="zemanta-pixie-img" src="http://img.zemanta.com/reblog_c.png?x-id=8a6633b0-1390-4b92-8fc3-c052e0805e23" alt="Zemanta Pixie" /></a></div>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-73706785680042658072008-05-15T04:28:00.000-07:002008-06-23T02:02:33.900-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqUsqUUogWvKt8uoH6xCTFbC7N0zDhPBioBHINBmFhOf16vTCwJ36n4MvdkoQ939gSfgwctRBQBlY1sTdgvzK5Auk6rMIHXh0pH8Vx2AFvjTs217LWR_u9O42Q35qJfrwTyogz8q8RQ/s1600-h/new+black.gif"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdqUsqUUogWvKt8uoH6xCTFbC7N0zDhPBioBHINBmFhOf16vTCwJ36n4MvdkoQ939gSfgwctRBQBlY1sTdgvzK5Auk6rMIHXh0pH8Vx2AFvjTs217LWR_u9O42Q35qJfrwTyogz8q8RQ/s400/new+black.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5200576639006291906" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://spacecollective.org/meika/3385/Neuro-Art-History">Neuroaesthetics</a> are the <a href="http://spacecollective.org/meika/3704/Neuroaesthetics">New Black</a>.meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-30475153195250507392008-01-16T02:11:00.000-08:002008-01-16T02:19:55.814-08:00Trevor does the Wiggles<img align="center" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdrpKzodcPsVu77HnZajTZmVzPHLE1k814DslK8pC7GGUllmx5BpxW7WLn2c4cfxHiigEfHUIAZ7qiuOkiw65HLeqCrKORv_zs2NSIF4XfvigopE7VVjBaGsDV4PGp5BQbtw6Fon5qQ/s400/Trevor&friendWAX018_slice.jpg">meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-7669970584671096082008-01-01T13:47:00.000-08:002008-01-01T13:53:07.077-08:00Trevor began in July 2007<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpCXvjHsyzlXVuiqcbHbE7QMtD68CMpU6Qw52kKJcf_LX00ZnEr6tfxdeDTpjWRd_8sOsI5Z8n1YpGrfa_DQZH1gf4Um8htQRHJ4kM4ThnN6mRhWQXMk_PIKsS5xO0fiKpZKCsykMsA/s1600-h/Trevor&friendWAX003cut.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVpCXvjHsyzlXVuiqcbHbE7QMtD68CMpU6Qw52kKJcf_LX00ZnEr6tfxdeDTpjWRd_8sOsI5Z8n1YpGrfa_DQZH1gf4Um8htQRHJ4kM4ThnN6mRhWQXMk_PIKsS5xO0fiKpZKCsykMsA/s320/Trevor&friendWAX003cut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5150629176994520802" border="0" /></a>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-35661050528344913112007-12-19T14:53:00.000-08:002007-12-19T14:56:41.748-08:00Ich bin ein kleiner Schauspieler<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://lehrer.ira.uka.de/%7Ethamm/projekte/augsttheater/htm/cucullus.htm"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82d_8TOlXSqnshOzf0aXsbbddwXNvCsIFbw9Xfexg3BBw2XgzKt-eMLg5k_AqWC4MJZxEAoOuKACUPXy0d66iRdhhhRo4giGeJowyC4FkLrcdNM590Dfnismd8Qwb_3rr9gOw900F9Q/s320/comic.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5145821515157429970" border="0" /></a><br />Nennt mich doch einfach “Cucullus“; das bedeutet “Kapuze“. Ich bin ein kleiner Schauspieler, ein Possenreißer und Clown am Theater in Augusta Raurica, und bringe die Leute zum Lachen mit meiner komischen Maske, denn “Cucullus“ heißt auch “Tölpel“. Hauptrollen gibt man mir leider nie. Aber in diesem Projekt darf ich mal zeigen, was ich kann.meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-38794474417996050412007-12-09T13:46:00.000-08:002009-09-29T14:57:30.595-07:00Jeune garçon vêtu d'un cucullus et son âne<a href="http://www.insecula.com/oeuvre/O0014478.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGSv__ykRtKy_AwKf8poHDXRMEYbBcPt-eFxDM9ndKPGQ3bf0GMREUcHbF8U96HneeenPRwVLWFIpQBxnCrfpfL7Im1EJgk5N-jHtvkKegWLjz9AXW2Zn9cWhcgcpRM9JubewTyp_Bgw/s400/Jeune+gar%C3%A7on+v%C3%AAtu+d%27un+cucullus" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387011433590535490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />I've posted this because it's how I imagine the bronze figure from Trier may have looked <span style="font-style: italic;">en tableaux</span>, except I imagine him to be a ploughman. This clay figure is about 400 years younger.meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-32044486050962184262007-12-03T22:53:00.000-08:002007-12-03T23:05:44.196-08:00Genius Cucullatus: Amber cult figurine<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/cucullus.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/cucullus.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><blockquote>The cucullus was a funnel-shaped and brimless head-covering. It could be worn open or closed at the neck as a separate item of clothing, or attached to a cloak or a cape. It was used by travellers, shepherds and other outdoor laborers, as well as soldiers on duty in cold climates.<br /><br />Umbricius names the wearing of the lacerna and cucullus, presumably over only the tunica, one of the pleasures of living simply in the country, opposing it to the urban garment, the toga. He describes the cucullus as duro, coarse or thick, for warmth, and veneto, either because of its bluish-green color or because it originated among the northern tribe of the Veneti.<br /><br />In the city, whenever possible, the hooded, dark-colored lacerna was worn in bad weather at outdoor events to protect the toga, or at night by those wishing to conceal their identity.<br /><br />Elsewhere Juvenal refers to the Celtic origin of the hood. Martial mentions the bardocucullus, a hooded overcoat of heavy oily wool, which was good protection from the rain and probably came from Illyria.<span style="font-size:85%;"> (For references see <a href="http://www.vroma.org/%7Earaia/cucullus.html">virtual Roma</a>).</span><br /></blockquote>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-87523759001101944312007-11-26T00:49:00.000-08:002007-11-26T01:47:26.276-08:00Meanwhile in Italy, they're Scanning Brains as Sculpture is Stared At<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirX9YOWu8laDqOP1EYpyZOUoOk6BvACd_Tt-w0WAuGXUCyMv_kbaea4-M8f7hk7bD8M6pQr9Ny9B60q92IIRbxlAGKdmbc1pbGr40fn58nuHydI2-m2_KbuDQed52YEjytEDy4zqdt4w/s1600-h/brains.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirX9YOWu8laDqOP1EYpyZOUoOk6BvACd_Tt-w0WAuGXUCyMv_kbaea4-M8f7hk7bD8M6pQr9Ny9B60q92IIRbxlAGKdmbc1pbGr40fn58nuHydI2-m2_KbuDQed52YEjytEDy4zqdt4w/s320/brains.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137082719613195826" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0001201">The Golden Beauty: Brain Response to Classical and Renaissance Sculptures</a><br /><blockquote>The most striking result was that the observation of original sculptures, relative to the modified ones, produced activation of the right insula as well as of some lateral and medial cortical areas (lateral occipital gyrus, precuneus and prefrontal areas). The activation of the insula was particularly strong during the observation condition. Most interestingly, when volunteers were required to give an overt aesthetic judgment, the images judged as beautiful selectively activated the right amygdala, relative to those judged as ugly. We conclude that, in observers naïve to art criticism, the sense of beauty is mediated by two non-mutually exclusive processes: one based on a joint activation of sets of cortical neurons, triggered by parameters intrinsic to the stimuli, and the insula (objective beauty); the other based on the activation of the amygdala, driven by one's own emotional experiences (subjective beauty).</blockquote><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELhNRU2rzWEXAhc3zug2xB9UFoutPJrir4GM9STQWcCFWhPxJVWUK0MuMCeyLCF73sgOMyEtiLWPL2mijxFIzWFDAu6dINz4bjXhc81FjTsidQmyprhV08thQzg-Q2R1jo55Lwl34jQ/s1600-h/david.png"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgELhNRU2rzWEXAhc3zug2xB9UFoutPJrir4GM9STQWcCFWhPxJVWUK0MuMCeyLCF73sgOMyEtiLWPL2mijxFIzWFDAu6dINz4bjXhc81FjTsidQmyprhV08thQzg-Q2R1jo55Lwl34jQ/s320/david.png" alt="The original image (Doryphoros by Polykleitos) is shown at the centre of the figure. This sculpture obeys to canonical proportion (golden ratio = 1∶1.618). Two modified versions of the same sculpture are presented on its left and right sides. The left image was modified by creating a short legs∶long trunk relation (ratio = 1∶0.74); the right image by creating the opposite relation pattern (ratio = 1∶0.36). All images were used in behavioral testing. The central image (judged-as-beautiful on 100%) and left one (judged-as-ugly on 64%) were employed in the fMRI study." id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5137081989468755490" border="0" /></a><blockquote>In conclusion, both objective and subjective factors intervene in determining our appreciation of an artwork. The history of art is replete with the constant tension between objective values and subjective judgments. This tension is deepened when artists discover new aesthetic parameters that may appeal for various reasons, be they related to our biological heritage, or simply to fashion or novelty. Still, the central question remains: when the fashion and novelty expire, could their work ever become a permanent patrimony of humankind without a resonance induced by some biologically inherent parameters?</blockquote><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_ratio">Golden Ratio</a> again, objectively, common, germane, but, but they say, mixed with personal meaning otherwise (that is feelings <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_constructionist">socially constructed</a> in us all, even/especially <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emo">emo brats</a>). So why we don't just inscribe golden oblongs over <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constructivism_%28art%29">everything we manufacture</a> branding all before as 'humanity made me', i.e. what fashions a making into fashion then. Tease and release? Stretch and return?<br /><br />Trevor, what you got in that egg?meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-8142456612192037842007-11-17T14:08:00.000-08:002007-11-17T14:19:10.736-08:00Pointy Hats<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Aventon_c%C3%B4ne.JPG/250px-Aventon_c%C3%B4ne.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Aventon_c%C3%B4ne.JPG/250px-Aventon_c%C3%B4ne.JPG" alt="" border="0" /></a><br />The most amazing thing I discovered was that pointy hats go way back in Europe. The idea seems to be that wearing a pointy hat made the wearing more intelligent or wiser. This works for wizards, witches and, of course, the dunce in the corner. They need the most help.<br /><br />The oldest ones found were made out of one piece of gold and were about a metre high covered in suns, stars and moons thought to represent the lunar calendar. They were made about the 10th-8th centuries BCE and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_hat">several have been found in Germany</a>, along with the more famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_sky_disk">Nebra Sky Disc</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www2.kah-bonn.de/1/33/p/07.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www2.kah-bonn.de/1/33/p/07.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-40976041639714301062007-11-10T15:04:00.000-08:002007-11-10T15:39:04.452-08:00Genius CucullatusAlong the way to rediscovering the Treveri peasant from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallo-Roman_culture#Gallic_Empire">Trier</a>, I found many other wonderful bronze statuettes, details about pointy head gear in northern Europe, and information on <a href="http://www.unc.edu/%7Ecss/Exhibition_paper.html">Genius Cucullatus.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><blockquote></blockquote></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><blockquote></blockquote></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;"><blockquote>Throughout the past two centuries, excavations in Romano-Celtic settlements on both Britain and the European Continent have turned up a number of representations of a hooded deity interpreted to be cult objects of the genius cucullatus. Providing a case for the origin and identity for the cult has been a challenge for archaeologists because, as with many topics in the study of Celtic culture, the only information available is encoded in the relief carvings and votive objects depicting the deities. Often, these objects have been long disassociated with their original context and have suffered heavy weathering.</blockquote><br /></span><blockquote><span style="font-size:85%;">[...]<br /><br />To draw up a list of features each figure displays would be short; they wear thick hooded cloaks and are found in pontentially sacred contexts. The cloaks vary in length, number of folds, extent of body coverage, and hood shape. Although no pattern has been determined among the different cloak styles, other differences between the figures are partly linked to the regions in which they were found. Most scholars agree that the genii cucullati of Britain predominantly appear in triads, are small of stature, and often carry eggs, or other fertility attributes (Heichelheim 192-3). In contrast, the cucullati of the European continent appear singularly, as giants and dwarves, and occasionally imply phallus worship(193). In both regions the deities are often found clutching parchments or scrolls, which may signify wisdom (Jenkins 88) or the secrets of healing lore (Toynbee, 1957 158).</span></blockquote></blockquote>Trevor is a Gallo-Roman god based on this tradition, it explains the presence of the egg, even if the egg's purpose is mysterious. I also learnt that generally the names of Gallo-Roman gods are unknown; no one seems to have written them down.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UzY_Wpzg7vm7qfKo28W5yTXBWbmH3EM5fbfutj5jO1h6SGiMj-duhq0Vfhel6w38cTFtgAJBCD99xZaeFt7eKxwAlk00aPTWA8NZensN46cAjQ6HE2xOZEiw8GBOu3c8zUFuJ6B0Tw/s1600-h/anethal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UzY_Wpzg7vm7qfKo28W5yTXBWbmH3EM5fbfutj5jO1h6SGiMj-duhq0Vfhel6w38cTFtgAJBCD99xZaeFt7eKxwAlk00aPTWA8NZensN46cAjQ6HE2xOZEiw8GBOu3c8zUFuJ6B0Tw/s320/anethal.jpg" alt="Netherby Genii Cucullati" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5131355670104394754" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Netherby Genii Cucullati</span>, unknown date, in local cream-colored, pinkish sandstone, 25.5 cm by 20 cm. Netherhall Collection, Maryport, Cumberland.</span>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2523078102189436814.post-57768488920442528642007-10-29T01:37:00.000-07:002017-03-27T14:51:58.372-07:00In the Roman Museum in Trier, Love at First Sight<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://home3.inet.tele.dk/evakoch/huer-uk.htm"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlYaADzNC00Z9wULJMrwU4yelXbq_rBO3zkGx9eex6uP0k0xNT_iI02ss2D8ZjHxdPnCapuXilAIrj4EqS7JGV85_HJEj9ILGKZKf_Dc6Qkc4aaA563TPnP69loQC89u5tYZb2XRb6Q/s320/trierRomanmuseum.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126677967705031266" border="0"></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">There he was, under glass looking up at me, in the Roman Museum in Trier, in Germany in about 1994.<br /><br /><br />I saw him for maybe five minutes but never forgot him.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">I drew him over and over again in my sketchbooks. Over and over.<br /><br /><br />Eventually, in 2007, I could bear it no more and I decides to remake he-I-call-the-ploughman. I googled images until I found him again. It took over two weeks to find this image of the bronze statuette, scanned from some old book that came out in the 1970s.<br /><br />I was so pleased. And I found out a lot more about the whole fashion statement. So much more. Below is a taster.</span><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>Small bronze figurine from the Trier-area, Germany, about 12 cm tall. The figurine shows a local peasant - a Treveri - dressed in a cape with hood of the kind the romans called a "cucullus". Photo: Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier, picture taken from E. Munksgaard (1974), p. 114, fig. 82<br /><br />This type of fur-cape is also known from the iron age of other parts of Europe. It is for instance common on pictures and statues from the area around the German city of Trier, where the celtic tribe the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Treveri</span> lived. It seems to be a part of a common North-European dress of the time. In the Trier area it seems mostly to have been worn by men, especially herdsmen and peasants. From this area also comes a small bronze-statue of a man wearing such a fur-cape (fig.7). Elisabeth Munksgaard writes that from 382 AD, the use of this kind of cape was only allowed for slaves - according to a law made by emperor Thedosius. In spite of this decision, giving this kind of cape the symbolic value marking its wearer as a person of the unfree class, it seems to have been used for a long time - at least made of wool. Maybe only capes of fur and leather were a slave-sign. Woollen capes of a very similar pattern were worn by some of the medieval people found in the graves at Herhjolfsnæs on Greenland, and they seem to constitute a common part of the male dress of the medieval times.<br /></blockquote><br />from <a href="http://home3.inet.tele.dk/evakoch/huer-uk.htm">Cimbric caps and bonnets</a>meikahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17410659353169461214noreply@blogger.com0