tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post116499472699474250..comments2024-03-10T20:46:19.274-04:00Comments on In the Middle: An early drawing of StonehengeCord J. Whitakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06224143153295429986noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1165079031880068862006-12-02T12:03:00.000-05:002006-12-02T12:03:00.000-05:00n50, I'm reminded of a bit from Robert Benchley th...n50, I'm reminded of a bit from Robert Benchley that just sticks with me:<BR/><BR/>From "Isn't It Remarkable?"<BR/><BR/>On a recent page of colored reproductions of tomb-paintings and assorted excavations from holes in ancient Egypt there appears a picture of a goose with the following rather condescending caption:<BR/><BR/><I>Remarkably Accurate and Artistic Painting of a Goose from Pharaoh Akhenaten's Palace, Drawn 3300 Years Ago.</I><BR/><BR/>What I want to know is--why "remarkable"? Why is it any more remarkable that someone drew a goose accurately 3300 years ago than that someone should do it today? Why should we be surprised that the people who build the Pyramids could also draw a goose so that it looked like a goose?<BR/><BR/>(Robert Benchley, <I>My Ten Years in a Quandary and How They Grew,</I> 46: and, yes, I know it's no "What--No Budapest?" but nonetheless it stuck with me)<BR/><BR/>==<BR/><BR/>I also watched an Eddie Izzard bit last night about the two previous hedges, Strawhenge and Woodhenge, and what happened to them.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1165053765691993542006-12-02T05:02:00.000-05:002006-12-02T05:02:00.000-05:00Looks more like Henry III belonged to the elephant...Looks more like Henry III belonged to the elephant.<BR/><BR/>That's it - stonehenge was a <I>super</I>- <I>in</I>- <I>post</I>-carpentered cage for the elephant.<BR/><BR/>OK - so I am being annoyingly silly - lots of serious stuff re increasing value placed on realism/verisimilitude, professionalism/skill/merit, etc etc - but that is plain boring.N50https://www.blogger.com/profile/02927387227571782287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1165006766303751522006-12-01T15:59:00.000-05:002006-12-01T15:59:00.000-05:00I heard it was only supposed to be 18" tall, but t...I heard it was only supposed to be 18" tall, but the scale was misinterpreted (due to the fact that AutoCAD hadn't been invented yet) and it came out hu-mon-go-gatuan in size.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com