Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That's serious stuff for serious photography John; the results are amazing, as usual with you :-) Thank you also for the explanations, both on the coins and the gear. Amiti?s Philippe, suddenly keener on history Tous vos emails en 1 clic avec l'application SFR Mail sur iPhone et Android. ======================================== Message du : 03/04/2012 20:53 De : "John Nebel " <john.nebel at csdco.com> A : "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> Copie ? : Sujet : Re: [Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ Rabs, ... an ancient Sinar with a macro lens, 10 years old, an aeon for electronics, . Best, John On 4/3/2012 12:28 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: > Do did you take these pictures? With a macro? > > - - from my iRabs. > Mark Rabiner > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ > > >> From: "John D. Nebel" >> Reply-To: Leica Users Group >> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:53:29 -0600 >> To: Leica Users Group >> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ >> >> Greetings! >> >> In 692 AD at the Quinisext Council in Constantinople, Canon LXXXII >> established, >> according to the epitome, "Thou shalt not paint a lamb for the type of >> Christ, >> but himself." The Byzantine emperor was Justinian II, and the empire's >> coinage >> consequently depicted Christ as a human figure. >> >> was minted during Justinian II's >> first >> reign. This portrait of Christ misses the mark "himself" as it is likely >> based >> on the Greek sculptor's, Phidias's statue of Zeus from Olympia, made >> about a >> millennium before and one of the wonders of the ancient world. >> >> Mouse over the coin's image to see the reverse, or click for a larger >> image. >> This coin and the next are about 19mm diameter, 4gms mass. The coin's >> reverse >> depicts Justinian II. >> >> The Phidias image of Christ appears to have become the standard as one >> can see >> from a WP image of a wall painting at Hagia Sophia made centuries later, >> >> >> During Justinian II's second reign another coin was minted, perhaps a more >> realist depiction of Christ,. On >> the reverse, Justinian II is on the left, Tiberius on the right. Similar >> mouse >> functions on the image. >> >> C&C welcome! >> >> Best, >> >> John >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information