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Tomba di Giganti
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It was our final day in Sardinia and we wanted to return to Coddhu Vecchju to enjoy the morning light on the stones.
Tombi di giganti are aligned south-south-east, towards the morning light, which I suppose is symbolic of life and rebirth. This is certainly the case in ancient Egypt. The tombs' grave corridors point north-north-west, towards evening and sunset, perhaps symbolic of death. So to get the best modeling light on the stones (for painting and photography) you need to be there late morning, so the sun is high enough to cast shadows and reveal the carving and sculpting.
At Coddhu Vecchju the carving is not deep at all (not like those more southerly stele we'd seen) so we needed all those shadows. And I wanted to see the pink granite sparkle in the sun.This post appears as part of the weblog entry The birds and the bees at Coddhu Vecchju |
Posted by Jane
2nd June 2008ce
Edited 2nd June 2008ce
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