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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 23, 2024 17:19:08 GMT
Yeah, it's a different world to us. Never been a wanderer, but it might be different if your role models were, and there are no consequences.
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Post by mids on Apr 27, 2024 9:19:49 GMT
The King is All Better. God save the King!
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Post by mids on May 14, 2024 18:18:18 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on May 14, 2024 18:36:23 GMT
Vibrant. I rather like it.
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Post by mids on May 14, 2024 18:50:14 GMT
Strong. Regal.
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Post by flatandy on May 14, 2024 20:03:38 GMT
Interesting picture. Could do without the butterfly or the ridiculous sword. Without those it would be a good portrait of a man on the verge of death who fought bravely in the trenches and lost all his comrades and is now old and infirm and useless and abandoned by society except on one day a year where he gets to put on his old regimental regalia.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 14, 2024 20:13:02 GMT
Ah. You're not a cultured man.
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Post by voice on May 14, 2024 20:20:09 GMT
its a bit crap really though isn't it?
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Post by perrykneeham on May 14, 2024 20:22:48 GMT
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, of course.
I think it's a good piece, rich in symbolism. Pearls before swine, of course. The kind of people who can't cope with the poetry.
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Post by voice on May 14, 2024 20:34:53 GMT
wonder if the room they hang it in will have flock wallpaper to match.
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Post by flatandy on May 14, 2024 20:37:30 GMT
I think it's a good picture, particularly by the standards of royal portraits. Just a shame about the Butterfly which is a bit ridiculous.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 15, 2024 6:07:14 GMT
Yeah, it's a bit obvious to the eye.
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Post by Repat Van on May 15, 2024 6:45:58 GMT
I like it even if it looks like he is burning in hell. |
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Post by Repat Van on May 15, 2024 6:46:32 GMT
Why is there a random butterfly?
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Post by perrykneeham on May 15, 2024 7:06:10 GMT
It's not random.
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Post by Repat Van on May 15, 2024 8:44:28 GMT
I looked up the reason for the butterfly.
It seems more cringe now.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 15, 2024 8:50:54 GMT
Symbolism is a bit of a imprecise .... errr .... art. A symbol may mean different things at the same time. Context plays a part.
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Post by perrykneeham on May 15, 2024 8:52:01 GMT
Actually, it occurs to me that heraldry is the very definition of symbolism.
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Post by flatandy on May 15, 2024 12:48:09 GMT
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Post by perrykneeham on May 15, 2024 12:53:43 GMT
It doesn't make me think of Empire. Nor would it bother me if it did.
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