31-08-2020, 10:11 PM
The golden fleece existed before the Order of the Golden Fleece, and its iconography existed many centuries before. This is a poor argument to move the date.
Fashion on the other hand, is, well, fashion. It is the first thing that gets updated. In art, it is sometimes the only thing that gets updated. Clothes tell who a figure is, they need to be understood correctly by the intended audience.
If we want to do like professional specialists do, we look at the clothes. The date of the clothes overlaps beautifully with the date of the radiocarbon dating. We have rare facts here. I don't understand, why struggle instead of embracing this precious foothold?
Fashion on the other hand, is, well, fashion. It is the first thing that gets updated. In art, it is sometimes the only thing that gets updated. Clothes tell who a figure is, they need to be understood correctly by the intended audience.
If we want to do like professional specialists do, we look at the clothes. The date of the clothes overlaps beautifully with the date of the radiocarbon dating. We have rare facts here. I don't understand, why struggle instead of embracing this precious foothold?