terça-feira, 1 de junho de 2010

The Power of our Imagination


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The German painter Stephan Lochner (1440-1451) never had seen a lion in his life. But as a mediaeval painter (school of Cologne, gothic art) he was familiar with the topic, Saint Jerome and the Lion. So he decided to paint one with his own imagination... This story is narrated by Tom Regan to exemplify the difference between our knowledge of animals in the past and in the present. And how this knowledge matters...

3 comentários:

jj.amarante disse...

Gralha: Na net diz que o Stefan Lochner viveu de 1400 a 1451.

botinhas disse...

À parte de um factor de escala de 3 ou 4, nem falhou por mto...

Bhixma disse...

Já emendei de 52 para 51. Obrigado!