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Commissioning Original Epicurean Artwork

Cassius · 2020-07-06T08:57:37-04:00

It's been a constant frustration to me over the years that I don't personally have even the most basic artistic talent to produce sketches of any of the major art subjects. I think that that's in part why I have always gravitated toward these sketches made early on from the Herculaneum discoveries -- I particularly like this "look" in the face/eyes of Epicurus, and the format lends itself to easier reproduction - but it's still not a "line sketch" we would be more easily translatable digitally. I download every version of Epicurus I ever come across, but not many seem to have a lot of "sketch" potential. Perhaps the "stamp" version might convert well, and it's a pretty good likeness. This color version might also have some potential, but I expect one of the first two would do best. However I would love to get a good sketch version of the full statue that Elli is talking about, but i have a feeling that it would almost require reworking it from scratch to get something that really works as "art." I know there must be artists who are good at quick sketches who we might even be able to "commission" to do the job, but I've never made any progress. I am going to check here: https://www.fiverr.com/categories/graphics-design/cartoons-and-comics

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Fascinating! Abiqur is, apparently, the Arabization of 'Epicurus'.
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Quote from JJElbert

Fascinating! Abiqur is, apparently, the Arabization of 'Epicurus'.

Looks like you are correct:
https://archive.org/details/Ar…tionary/page/n15/mode/2up
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Fun how one discovery leads to another (photo to Arabic name for Epicurus). Here's the important part of Don's link:
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