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05-NOV-2008

The Guard, Bardo Museum, Tunis, Tunisia, 2008

The Bardo, occupying a former palace, displays one of the world’s greatest collections of Roman art and mosaics, excavated from the ruins of Carthage, Dougga, and other Tunisian archaeology sites. I first noticed the rhythmic relationship between the leaves of the flowers in the wall decoration and the folds in the garment of the statue. I waited a few moments, and when the wary guard standing next to the statue turned to look at me, the folds in his shirt also echoed the sculpted folds, providing the image with a three way rhythmic relationship.

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Phil Douglis01-Dec-2008 00:18
Thanks, Tim, for mentioning the contrasts of color here, and how they suggest differences in age and vitality.
Tim May30-Nov-2008 23:19
I, too, am drawn to the folds of the statue - aged and virtually colorless - and the guard's shirt - in vivid color alive and new.
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