The art
is rather 'idealistic' and 'conceptual' in the sense thatthe artist's aim is
not to copy
accurately
what he sees before him but to convey with the maximum of clarity what he
considers to be
the
'essence' of what he is carving.
in this
case the figures (of Tudhaliyas IV and his personal deity) are superposed with
the god standing
alongside
the king, and the scale of the two is arranged so that the god, instead of
holding the
usual
weapon in his left hand, clasps the right wrist of the king in a protective
embrace.
O. R.
Gurney, THE HITTITES
'Of all
manifestations of power, restraint is respected most.'
Genral,
Powell, Gulf War General Commabder of USA.
Sanırım,
Batı'nın bize karşı aldığı tavır yalnızca basit bir düşmanlıktan öte
yaklaşım
farklılığından da kaynaklanıyor.Biz savaşa giderken davul zurna ile gitmek
geleneğine
dayanıyoruz... Onlar sakınarak, gücünü
iyi hesaplayarak...
