Re: VMs: Re: "Dark painter" question...?

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Zitat von DANA SCOTT <dscott520@xxxxxxx>:

> Thank you Nick.
> 
> In contrast to the relatively poor quality of the coloring in, I do sense 
> much more care, for instance, in the painting of f88r.
> 
> Regards,
> Dana Scott
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nick Pelling" <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:14 AM
> Subject: Re: VMs: Re: "Dark painter" question...?
> 
> 
> > Hi Dana,
> >
> > At 10:51 29/02/2004 -0700, you wrote:
> > >Where did you first come across the 'Dark Painter'? Thanks.
> >
> > Jorge Stolfi's message from 11 Dec 1999 (pasted below).
> >
> > Cheers, .....Nick Pelling.....
> >
> > >...
> >
> > The new Beinecke images left me more convinced that ever that
> > most of the VMs colors are apocryphal and bogus.
> >
> > Granted that the VMS author was not exactly an artist, but he
> > obviously had good control of the pen. I would expect him to be at
> > least as accurate with the paintbrush. ...
> > - --stolfi
> >

I don't subscribe to that. Though I'll agree that the quality of the colouring 
is way below the quality of the calligraphy, the drawings in general are of a 
poor quality. (Ie, the colouring fits in with the drawing, so there is no need 
to invoke a third person.)

Also, "I would expect him to be at least as accurate with the paintbrush" is 
not well founded. I can wield a pen/quill, but at the few attempts I made with 
a brush, I found it to be a different game. Why would it necessarily be 
different with the VM author?

Hossa,

   Elmar "The pun is mightier than the sod"


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