Comments on: The White Horse of Uffington. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:48:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Phil http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62294 Phil Thu, 04 Jan 2007 05:48:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62294 And if you want to wear the Uffington Horse around on your head, I sell embroidered hats. From Idaho, no less! And if you want to wear the Uffington Horse around on your head, I sell embroidered hats. From Idaho, no less!

]]> By: gail http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62100 gail Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:42:44 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62100 Or maybe a Joan Miro Or maybe a Joan Miro

]]> By: gail http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62099 gail Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:42:15 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62099 That horse actually looks very much like a Picasso. That horse actually looks very much like a Picasso.

]]> By: gail http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62098 gail Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:40:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62098 Some people say it's a dragon too. I agree about the level of artistry,. The stylized work in so called primitive art was so mature that it formed a major influence for Picasso. Some people say it’s a dragon too. I agree about the level of artistry,. The stylized work in so called primitive art was so mature that it formed a major influence for Picasso.

]]> By: Craig http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62096 Craig Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:36:23 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62096 Apparently there's a hypothesis that it's not a horse at all but a cat instead. See the 'whiskers'? I wanna say that I read some years ago in the Fortean Times that some sort of geo-(thermal?) imaging made it look like the face was once shaped differently, and something like whiskers more pronounced. The white horse is also semi-famously used on the cover of XTC's English Settlement album. Finally, isn't it odd how the lines for the horse and for the cave paintings at Lascaux and Altamira are so stylized? They're neither really primitive stick figures nor an attempt at photorealism, but rather abstracted, which would seem to imply a fairly mature artistic talent in these disparate locations, wouldn't it? Apparently there’s a hypothesis that it’s not a horse at all but a cat instead. See the ‘whiskers’? I wanna say that I read some years ago in the Fortean Times that some sort of geo-(thermal?) imaging made it look like the face was once shaped differently, and something like whiskers more pronounced.

The white horse is also semi-famously used on the cover of XTC’s English Settlement album.

Finally, isn’t it odd how the lines for the horse and for the cave paintings at Lascaux and Altamira are so stylized? They’re neither really primitive stick figures nor an attempt at photorealism, but rather abstracted, which would seem to imply a fairly mature artistic talent in these disparate locations, wouldn’t it?

]]> By: Dan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/comment-page-1/#comment-62094 Dan Wed, 03 Jan 2007 17:26:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/03/the-white-horse-of-uffington/#comment-62094 http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/RudeMan0.jpg Discussions of hillside chalk pictures inevitably turn to the The Cerne Abbas Giant or the <a href="http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/RudeMan0.jpg" rel="nofollow">Rude Man</a>. Although Puritanism did start in England, it's hard to imagine American puritans letting something like that exist here. http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/RudeMan0.jpg
Discussions of hillside chalk pictures inevitably turn to the The Cerne Abbas Giant or the Rude Man. Although Puritanism did start in England, it’s hard to imagine American puritans letting something like that exist here.

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