From: kenrolston@aol.com
Date: Tue 19 Oct 1993 - 14:24:28 EET
Newton, re: Dorastor Art and Gloranthan Art Traditions in General
Gloranthan publications do not have a very coherent vision of the historical and cultural elements of the visual or plastic arts. I have struggled as developer to give some direction here, but all I have is undergrad survey courses in the history of art, and sophisticated readers expect a fully developed, rationalized presentation of Gloranthan period art.
In short, we are bluffing. I speak on behalf of myself, the artists and graphic layout folks, and the various Profound Eyes (for example, Mike Dawson, Oliver Jovanovic, and Stephen Martin) who help me during playtest and development. We do the best we can with time, knowledge, and fevered inspiration. I personally am especially proud of the recent graphics in RQ materials. I only hope we can continue to improve given our limited resources. I also want to praise Dan Barker's illustrations in Tales of the Reaching Moon.
Greg has shared a little of his sense of the varied architectural traditions in Glorantha (for example, he thinks the Lunars have lots of large, broad, Freudian-suggestive domes on their public buildings), but in general, we must conclude that some sort of censorship has suppressed the writings of Gloranthan art historians and critics.
Would the Daily like to perform a service in compiling known references to Gloranthan art and architecture, and to speculate on its mysteries?
Ken
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