A point about statues

Shot in Aphrodisias museum. Our dim-lit presenter echoes on about statues or something, while Jenny adds jazz vocals and experiments with the zoom button.

www.LloydianAspects.co.uk

Category:

Education

Tags:

• statues
• aphrodisias
• lloyd
• scupture
• bronze
• marble
• stone
• ancient
• sculptor

[ShanksAndy]

This video reminded me of an article I read once about a find of stone knives or swords. Unfortunately, I can't find the article now, but the gist was that the shape was all wrong for stone blades, and they'd break if you tried to cut anything with them, but it was a good shape for metal blades. The theory was that the really important people had metal blades and the people who couldn't afford metal had stone imitations made.

[lindybeige]

@ShanksAndy In the early days of new materials, the new items use the shape appropriate to the old materials, so the first metal knives look like stone ones. Today we still make plastic laundry baskets to look as if they were woven. Yes, many artefacts that survive are ceremonial.

[JamesTCA]

A point about microphones:  wear one.

[lindybeige]

@JamesTCA A radio mike? That's a jump up from the technology I have at present. One day, perhaps.

[3027085]

it in deed looks very interesting once again, but unfortunately until 1:10 it's close to impossible to understand anything. :(

[lindybeige]

@3027085 Not a lot I can do about echoes, alas. In my headphones I can hear what I'm saying, but of course I have the natural advantage of knowing what I said at the time.

[WritingFighter]

You need to become a host on the History Channel with your own show.

[tomcat2222]

Good video, good luck with more.

[dontcommentmehoe]

Wow. This reminds me of my art history class because in that class we learned the exactly what you said.

[MasterGravitron]

I couldn't hear a thing, you should over dub this.

[Royalemperorblue]

I learn something new from every one of your videos! It goes without saying British Indiana Jones is the best teacher out there.

[S4B3R117]

Wow, I never thought about it like that. I'll have to look at some of the picture I took last time I was at a museum and see if I can spot any.

Great vid as usual mate.

[Skullchaser08]

Most of them probably didn't even make it that far.