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RE: Why is "The Thinker" Thinking Like This
You know what? I had never consciously realised that he was placing right elbow on left knee like that. I always thought it was right on right. I like the whole right brain left brain idea; though I'm not sure how much the ancient Greeks new about that.
Perhaps it simply is the best way to show off the male physique in a sitting pose.
Hmm, I'll have to think (:-) ) about it some more.
~ takes up thinking pose ~
Cg
Yes it is possible, but there are way so many other poses that do more than show of the physic... and as everyone nowadays is so enthralled over 6 pack abs, we need to ponder did they back then as well? This posture does not show off the male as much as Michelangelos David, or the Hercules and Cacus sculpture by Baccio Bandinelli on Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy, Europe.
With DaVinci breaking through so much of mans exterior and other profound thinkers of the day, the right, left hemisphere thing seem plausible to me as much was lost to time. However I foundthis onlin...
I am sure it was earlier than that, but who can say for sure.
Agreed; however I was talking about in the sitting position, perhaps is was one of those things, that artists of the time said couldn't be done. "You simply cannot portray a flattering male pose, sitting down."
I wouldn't put it past the ancient Greeks to realise that they were different hemispheres of the brain, and that they were specialised.
It's an interesting train of thought to follow though, was the statue always called; The Thinker, or did that name come later I wonder?
Cg
Hmm a great question that I didn't run across... maybe, time has funny was as it continues to pass.