Talk:Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune

Addirtions
Wow. Hafspajen (talk) 12:57, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

"mannered"
No, there is nothing "mannered" about the pose or the representation on Andrea Doria's resolute character. The meaning of "mannered"in English may be obscure to the editor who inserted this.--Wetman (talk) 20:37, 28 July 2014 (UTC)

"black, 'oppressive' sky"
To me, the upper right quadrant of the background has always read as the lighter grey, leeward, side of a ship's billowing sail at the extreme right and, in the darker circle, the "inside" or windward side of the sail. The regular concentric lines in the darkness are the folds of the canvas, not clouds. Even in that case, the light on the figure of Andrea Doria is quite striking--brighter and with more contrast than the light on the face of the sail. Hmmidunno (talk) 02:44, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

strained
As an experiment, I held a shovel and stood in a similar position for 10 minutes. Quite comfortable, actually, though of course I was not trying to hold a piece of sailcloth in front of my genitals. I wonder if the appearance of strain isn't in the figure's left arm and hand rather than in his slightly turned stance?Hmmidunno (talk) 02:44, 29 July 2014 (UTC)