Stargazer Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 And viking helmets. Yeah, that was quite a sight. The vikings did not actually feature horns on their helmets. They kept them smooth in order to better fend off blows.
Sevenbak Posted March 15, 2015 Posted March 15, 2015 (edited) Yeah, that was quite a sight. The vikings did not actually feature horns on their helmets. They kept them smooth in order to better fend off blows. It's too bad Arnold didn't use this horned head-plate. Right time period, right location for said maple leaf. Edited March 15, 2015 by Sevenbak
Scott Lloyd Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 It's too bad Arnold didn't use this horned head-plate. Right time period, right location for said maple leaf. Looks more like deer antlers than bull horns. What's up with that?
Scott Lloyd Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 (edited) Well, he only died 4 years ago, so the war was still raging. And nope, I checked my old trackting BOM with pics, it's in there too. Perhaps the conspiracy is so widespread that all printed copies of the painting have been covertly altered by a massive secret combination. ;-) However, since he painted this in the 50's, when the Meso LGT was barely a thought and the Heartland LGT was nonexistent, we must assume a different approach.You're right: Arnold didn't die that long ago. I guess I was thinking of his heyday, when he did the Book of Mormon paintings, not long after (or not long before, I'm fuzzy on the time frame) he served as artist and designer for Cecil B. DeMille's epic "Ten Commandments" movie. It's no accident that, to me, Friberg's characters have always borne a vague resemblance to Charleton Heston. Edited March 16, 2015 by Scott Lloyd
Scott Lloyd Posted March 16, 2015 Posted March 16, 2015 Yeah, that was quite a sight. The vikings did not actually feature horns on their helmets. They kept them smooth in order to better fend off blows.We can blame the fanciful imaginings of Wagnerian opera costume designers for the horns.
Sevenbak Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Looks more like deer antlers than bull horns. What's up with that?I think they are actually Elk.
Sevenbak Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 You're right: Arnold didn't die that long ago. I guess I was thinking of his heyday, when he did the Book of Mormon paintings, not long after (or not long before, I'm fuzzy on the time frame) he served as artist and designer for Cecil B. DeMille's epic "Ten Commandments" movie. It's no accident that, to me, Friberg's characters have always borne a vague resemblance to Charleton Heston.Ten Commandments was after the BoM paintings. It was his Bro. of Jared painting that caused DeMille to hire him as Art Director for the film. He said it was how he pictured Moses at the Burning Bush. I had the privilege of shooting a doc on him a few years ago. 1
Scott Lloyd Posted March 19, 2015 Posted March 19, 2015 Ten Commandments was after the BoM paintings. It was his Bro. of Jared painting that caused DeMille to hire him as Art Director for the film. He said it was how he pictured Moses at the Burning Bush. I had the privilege of shooting a doc on him a few years ago.Cool. Did you run across the story of him talking DeMille into having Moses lay hands on Aaron's head instead of raising them in the air?
Sevenbak Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Cool.Did you run across the story of him talking DeMille into having Moses lay hands on Aaron's head instead of raising them in the air?Yes, that does ring a bell. I don't think we used it, it was only a half hour piece. Cool stuff nonetheless, thanks for the reminder!
Scott Lloyd Posted March 20, 2015 Posted March 20, 2015 Yes, that does ring a bell. I don't think we used it, it was only a half hour piece. Cool stuff nonetheless, thanks for the reminder!As I recall the story, Friberg raised the point with and was initially rebuffed by Demille, who thought it just an esoteric point of Friberg's Mormon dogma. But Friberg was able to convince Demille by appealing to the scriptures.
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