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AgLionGate2
The 'cubist' lion. I imagined this one as being about three generations old, taking it back to the time of the House of Perseus. I realize that the legs are not drawn in a realistic perspective. That was my choice, as my point here is to make it clear that I won't be emulating the artistic style of either the high classical or hellenistic Greeks (the Greeks of the time period of the story didn't use a naturalistic style, anyways). I also want the viewer to realize that each lion is presumably built by a different king. As the generations go by the style and structure of the lions changes.
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'Agamemnon':Some 'Lion's Gate' Designs
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Aeschylus' text refers to Agamemnon being the king of Argos, however many other texts associate him with Mycenae. Either way, both were in the same region (or one controlled the geographic approach to the other) and would possibly have been under the seniorage of the other at that time. That's why i took the liberty of using Mycenae's 'Lion's Gate' landmark as a starting point for these works, which will rest outside Ag's citadel in the production (the text refers to sculptures and altars around the stage). The text also routinely refers to Ag as a lion (as do other ancient works) and so it seems fair game to use a lion's head design to represent the House of Atreus. Note that the real world Lion's Heads do not resemble my designs.
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James Dinnerville
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