Marcus and Our English Porthonians.My post is basically about the BAFTA mask awards.Ive seen them for quite some time and noticed a definate similarity to an Alexander picture.Marcus Porthonians can you juat take a look in Renaults, The Nature of Alexander.
Page 67 there is a picture page with 4 stautues ,Take a look at the bottom left in the book its called,,, A Roman copy of an Original by Lysippus. Maybe im alone with my view the face looks exactly like the BAFTA mask inparticular the hair line and curls.Just a mention Kenny
Alexanders resemblence to the BAFTA mask?
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Re: Alexanders resemblence to the BAFTA mask?
Ha! Good call, Kenny!I don't know whether the award was based at all on an Alexander bust or statue, but you're right that there is a similarity. It's a bit formalised to be a true 'copy', but I wonder whether they did indeed take their inspiration from our chum ...Marcus
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Hail MarcusI doubt the ceremony has anything at all to do with our guy,,,, But everytime I see those golden masks I see the Alexander statue.Kenny
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IMHO I think it is the mask of Apollo, him being the god of Art (and the Muses). Appropriate I think!
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It doesn't look as if it was specifically meant to be Apollo, but it was an interpretation of the classical tragicomic mask.http://www.bafta.org/academy/mask.htmAll the bestMarcus
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\Marcus HailDo you agree that the Bafta looks very much like the staue I mentioned,,, The hairline and curls are the same.,Regards
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