Sunday, March 27, 2011

Thought for the day - Art




Taking a break recently absorbed in a bit of culture, the thought occurred as I looked at a few old masterpieces, that in days past artists must have had either very long arms or access to shed loads of scaffolding, to create the works that still amaze us centuries later.

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  1. Tony its the arms you must have heard of the saying the long arm of the draw.

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  2. They had very long brushes.

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  3. Thanks for that don and anon it's put my mInd at rest I had thought of stilts anyway cheers

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  4. I think Michael Angelo was very tall or maybe that was Charlton Heston.

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  5. It's the ceilings that amaze me. Intricate painted designs, all to scale and way up high. I struggle to paint a white ceiling less than 8ft high in the box room, without ending up with a cricked neck...

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