This message is from: "ruth bushnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When one thinks of Fjord horse type, many think that the stallion > Rosendalborken would be a good image to keep in mind. Phillip Odden ----------------------
I appreciate your comments on the Fjord, Phillip, about form following function. Thanks for sharing. It could be said this is true on a current individual basis, as well as ongoing hereditary inclinations. Just as two human brothers might pursue different functions; one a weight lifter, one a ballet dancer... and neither could well perform the other's function. (as in, "muscle bound") one might be dubbed athletic and one called a drafty type =)) On a different subject, your one reference reminds me of subject matter discussed earlier this past week... Rosendalborken could very well be the perfect Fjord ideal, but how will we ever know? ...without an actual photo of him it's speculative on our part. As I understand, we have only that one artist illustrated, two-pieced etching, which is two-halves put together at the middle. This contrived drawing renders him in an impossible pose (the way the legs are placed). You can clearly see the signature reversed on one of the two halves that have been joined at the center. The back half, which has been superimposed onto the head half, is too large for the front end and makes the head appear smaller than it should be. Yes, I've mentioned this before... but to date I've not heard any other explanation or actual photo reference. So therefore we need a model more realistic and authentic than the poorly illustrated two-halved Rosendalborken, who is but an artists exaggerated and contrived image. So why do we continue to perpetrate this misconception....? (an artist's design) Why not select a photo of one of his best offspring as an ideal standard? Without an actual photograph, Rosendalborken is but a poorly illustrated legend. Ruthie, nw mt
