A lovely Byzantine 6th-7thC gold pierced-work pectoral cross: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2006.569 …pic.twitter.com/LAk36W7iOQ
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A lovely Byzantine 6th-7thC gold pierced-work pectoral cross: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2006.569 …pic.twitter.com/LAk36W7iOQ
An Anglo-Saxon L6-7thC openwork gold pendant w/ cross in the centre, found in N. Lincolnshire https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/608438 …pic.twitter.com/ZEbNMQmQqv
@caitlinrgreen I saw replica at @britishmuseum's Treasures of Heaven exhibition. Precision of industrial machine tools makes it look...odd
@PrimitiveMethod @britishmuseum I agree! It's almost like the jewellery equivalent of the "uncanny valley"--*too* perfect to be pleasant!
@caitlinrgreen @britishmuseum Was thinking about A-S goldsmith excuses for wonky symmetry - "customer won't notice when the garnets are in"
@caitlinrgreen @DrSueOosthuizen The copy feels lifeless.
@bxknits @DrSueOosthuizen Agreed! Unorganic & machined, modern industrial methods just aren't a good fit to garnet cloisonné :/
@caitlinrgreen @lambandflag99 The copy doesn't match up to the original by any means!
@caitlinrgreen I suspect that it looked just fine to A-S eyes. They had no experience with machined perfection and hence no reference point
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