Anybody got any GOOD closeups of the St. George in Prague?

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:45 pm

I'm talking with Ahriman about a possible commision down the road, but outside of Wagner's old sketches trying to figure out the construction (and I strongly suspect that the larger limb pieces are leather), I'm having a real problem finding something good enough to use (and I don't have Wagner's stuff scanned).

Anybody? Since I already have some Hungarian kit (and I'm 3/4 done that "arming caftan," btw, lord, talk about "floating inside your garment"), it seemed like a well-done St. George* would be the next very odd kit...

*The statue was originally Hungarian, and with the armor from Tana, I believe it represents a poorly-documented segment of the "transitional" stage.

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:32 pm

A quick search on Google returned this little article on the statue and it's origins??

http://www.intimate.cz/umeni/en/cisla/XLVII_1999_5.html

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:00 pm

Thanks, but do yourself a favor and ignore anything written by Erno" Marosi: the guy has a **tremendous** ideological axe to grind, and grind it he does.

Thomas H · Post by **Thomas H** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 4:03 pm

oh, err, right????

Signo · Post by **Signo** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:38 pm

I've made some photo to it this december, if you give me your e-mail i will send them to you, don't expect wonderful things, St'George is on a horse on a tall support, so is quite far for closeups.
:wink:

Russ Mitchell · Post by **Russ Mitchell** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:57 pm

Thanks. Use russnanna@yahoo.com

Thomas, his basic attitude is that nobody in east-central europe ever came up with anything on their own, and that the entire region is totally dependent culturally on Italy and France...