RE: Member Artwork (revived)
October 25, 2018 at 5:59 am
(This post was last modified: October 25, 2018 at 6:00 am by Belacqua.)
(October 25, 2018 at 5:46 am)vulcanlogician Wrote:(October 25, 2018 at 5:34 am)Belaqua Wrote:
Nice! I actually downloaded that one.
One thing though: Why would she have a bust of Socrates? Wouldn't you think that Socrates would have a bust of her?
I was thinking that at this age, when Diotima is so young, Socrates hasn't been born yet. (But I wanted her to look both wise and attractive. Also a bit mysterious.) So I gave her a bust of a satyr. Socrates was said to look like one.
That's Eros on the vase. And Diotima is making the same upward-pointing gesture as Plato in Raphael's fresco in the Vatican. So it's a prequel!