Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Could you talk a little about the decisions you made in photographing this coin? To my eye that's just world-class work such as I'd see in a very good museum catalog. And how did you come to make these images? I find the artwork on both coins to be incredibly interesting. Thank you for sharing these along with the context. Adam On Apr 3, 2012, at 11:53 AM, John Nebel wrote: > Rabs, > > ... an ancient Sinar with a macro lens, 10 years old, an aeon for > electronics, <http://www.ancientmoney.org/about/sinar_cp.html>. > > Best, > > John > > > On 4/3/2012 12:28 PM, Mark Rabiner wrote: >> Do did you take these pictures? With a macro? >> >> - - from my iRabs. >> Mark Rabiner >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/springdays/ >> >> >>> From: "John D. Nebel"<john.nebel at csdco.com> >>> Reply-To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:53:29 -0600 >>> To: Leica Users Group<lug at leica-users.org> >>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Ancient portraits of Christ >>> >>> Greetings! >>> >>> In 692 AD at the Quinisext Council in Constantinople, Canon LXXXII >>> established, >>> according to the epitome, "Thou shalt not paint a lamb for the type of >>> Christ, >>> but himself." The Byzantine emperor was Justinian II, and the empire's >>> coinage >>> consequently depicted Christ as a human figure. >>> >>> <http://photos.csd.net/justinian_ii.html> was minted during Justinian >>> II's >>> first >>> reign. This portrait of Christ misses the mark "himself" as it is likely >>> based >>> on the Greek sculptor's, Phidias's statue of Zeus from Olympia, made >>> about a >>> millennium before and one of the wonders of the ancient world. >>> >>> Mouse over the coin's image to see the reverse, or click for a larger >>> image. >>> This coin and the next are about 19mm diameter, 4gms mass. The coin's >>> reverse >>> depicts Justinian II. >>> >>> The Phidias image of Christ appears to have become the standard as one >>> can see >>> from a WP image of a wall painting at Hagia Sophia made centuries later, >>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Byzantinischer_Mosaizist_um_1020_001.jpg> >>> >>> During Justinian II's second reign another coin was minted, perhaps a >>> more >>> realist depiction of >>> Christ,<http://photos.csd.net/justinian_ii_2a.html>. On >>> the reverse, Justinian II is on the left, Tiberius on the right. Similar >>> mouse >>> functions on the image. >>> >>> C&C welcome! >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> John >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information