On 06/09/2014 15:16, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 6-9-2014 14:53, Stephen wrote:
>> On 04/09/2014 08:11, Thomas de Groot wrote:
>>> On 3-9-2014 16:27, Stephen wrote:
>>>> Very good indeed. :-D
>>>> I wonder why there is haze when the sun is quite high in the sky?
>>>
>>> I consider that /appropriate artistic licence/ ;-)
>>>
>>
>> Ouch!
>> That's me told. :-)
>
> I sometimes like to show off my self-declared pedantic superiority :-)
>

When the master frowns the student cowers and trembles.

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>>
>>>>
>>>> What did you use for the frescos and who is the cloaked person looking
>>>> at them?
>>>
>>> The frescos come with Del Fabbro's cloister model. I only added a
>>> crackle normal.
>>
>> I don't know it. It gives me the impression of Minoan art.
>
> They are Medieval and show a Dance of the Dead. According to the info
> with the original model, they should be from Pieve Di Cadore in Italy.
> However, I have been unable to find mention of them on Internet, not
> even on the town's official site. Mystery. Also, they appear to have
> been composited from at least two different sources.
>
I had a look at them and they do look familiar. I am reminded somewhat 
of the illustrations from  Thomas Lovell Beddoes' Death's Jest Book.



>
> They might be indeed. Which reminds me of 'A Canticle for Leibowitz' by
> Walter Miller Jr.

That is a classic.

> No doubt, that book inspired part of this image if not
> this series.
>
> In fact, the Martians are a little joke in this series. Its /real/ topic
> is a post-industrial world.
>

I ken. :-)

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Regards
     Stephen

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