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uffington horse and the sun

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tiompan Aug 18, 2017 23:33:15

Replying to thesweetcheat

Your view ignores something that you know to be true i.e. the horse is not galloping to the west .

The best angle to see the horse is from above . How does that fit into good views with the sun set to the right ? That doesn't mean that there are not plenty of good views of the entire feature to be seen from other points ,including points to the west of the manger where the sunset will not be to the right i.e. it would be behind you . This refutes "And for anyone viewing the horse from a position where its horsiness can actually be seen, the sunset will be to their right. "

You didn't explain why having the sunset in a particular direction is salient , but do seem keen to show that it is somehow important despite accepting
" that there's nothing whatever to prove a link between the horse and the sun "

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thesweetcheat Aug 19, 2017 05:17:55

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

You didn't explain why having the sunset in a particular direction is salient , but do seem keen to show that it is somehow important despite accepting
" that there's nothing whatever to prove a link between the horse and the sun "

I've never said it was important or salient. I've said throughout that none of this proves anything about the sun being relevant to the horse. I don't think it is in all likelihood.

The point I've been trying to get across is that you and ED are dismissing the possibility because of the fixed static alignment of the horse and the fact it doesn't line up with sunset. Whereas I take the view that the horse is capable of being interpreted as facing the sunset or moving towards it when you view it as an artistic representation from the direction where it is best seen as a horse, heading along a hillside. Not all intentions have to be explained by rigid proof or angles of alignment, in my view sometimes appearance and perception are equally as important when looking at a monument.