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Re: More on Knight etc
In a message dated 3/18/11 1:32:46 PM, ilja@mac.com writes:
<< Hm, I wouldn't call Knight's Laelaps painting 'static' in any way - on
the contrary. And probably one of the single most influential paintings in
shaping even modern audience's attitude to dinosaurs. As much as being useful
to scientists, that is where 'paleo-art' (and other forms of scientific
illustration) becomes relevant: as a mode of communicating information to the
public.
Ilja >>
But the Laelaps piece was a very rare, early in detailed anatomy soon
obsolete exception to the Knight norm that pretty much disappeared until it was
revived in recent decades. I did not see it until an adult.
G Paul</HTML>