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Posted on 29/10/21 08:45:28 AM

Steve Caplin
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Challenge 881: Maltese legs

I'm just back from a weekend in the Mediterranean island of Malta, which is steeped in history. Interesting fact: In 1530 Henry V of Spain gave the island to the Knights of St John, in return for an annual tribute of one Maltese falcon.

That aside, here are the ruins of a Phoenecian temple dating from around 3000 BC. I was particularly taken with these legs, which are all that remains of what must once have been a rather fine statue.

Can you reconstruct it?

High res is here.

You might need some extra stone to finish the job, which you can find here.

Posted on 29/10/21 10:35:21 AM

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Re: Challenge 881: Maltese legs

So why a Tarxien temple in Malta then Steve? I suppose it's because you have been everywhere else.

Posted on 29/10/21 10:41:23 AM

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Mariner wrote:
So why a Tarxien temple in Malta then Steve? I suppose it's because you have been everywhere else.

Tarxien! That’s the word I was trying to remember. Why Malta? Because we wanted a last weekend of summer before winter set in.

Posted on 29/10/21 12:56:13 PM

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Whoever he or she was, seems they hadn't been dieting!

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Posted on 29/10/21 2:13:19 PM

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Posted on 29/10/21 2:17:14 PM

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Posted on 29/10/21 2:25:40 PM

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Posted on 29/10/21 2:26:21 PM

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Re: Challenge 881: Maltese legs

PART ONE

Posted on 30/10/21 2:14:33 PM

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This rare statue, dating from around 3000 BC, is believed to be the earliest known representation of Pygmaeus - a mythical race of very small people said to originate from parts of Ethiopia and India.

The Humunculan or Gnomic school of sculpture that was to became widespread some five millennia later in the twentieth and twenty first centuries AD has customarily been attributed to these early statues. These diminutive sculptures are most commonly to be found adorning suburban and provincial gardens. Later examples are frequently decorated with strong primary colourings.

Despite its ancient beginnings, art experts have a tendency to be dismissive of Gnomic sculpture, citing crudity and vulgarity as dominant features. This, however, is regarded by many as an elitist attitude that has done little to discourage the extensive and pervasive growth of this popular style of horticultural ornamentation throughout the western world.

(Oxford Encyclopaedia of Art and Ornament - Pre-history and the Ancient World). .

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Posted on 30/10/21 2:23:30 PM

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WOW David, that's great...love it!

Posted on 30/10/21 5:55:44 PM

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Re: Challenge 881: Maltese legs

Scaling a statue...

Posted on 30/10/21 9:04:02 PM

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Posted on 30/10/21 9:30:40 PM

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Maltalegs-2

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Posted on 30/10/21 9:32:32 PM

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DavidMac wrote:
This rare statue, dating from around 3000 BC, is believed to be the earliest known representation of Pygmaeus - a mythical race of very small people said to originate from parts of Ethiopia and India.

The Humunculan or Gnomic school of sculpture that was to became widespread some five millennia later in the twentieth and twenty first centuries AD has customarily been attributed to these early statues. These diminutive sculptures are most commonly to be found adorning suburban and provincial gardens. Later examples are frequently decorated with strong primary colourings.

Despite its ancient beginnings, art experts have a tendency to be dismissive of Gnomic sculpture, citing crudity and vulgarity as dominant features. This, however, is regarded by many as an elitist attitude that has done little to discourage the extensive and pervasive growth of this popular style of horticultural ornamentation throughout the western world.

(Oxford Encyclopaedia of Art and Ornament - Pre-history and the Ancient World). .

Love it.

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Posted on 31/10/21 01:26:02 AM

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Re: Challenge 881: Maltese legs

Brilliant, David.

Posted on 31/10/21 12:13:11 PM

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