European Culture Picture QUiz - Historum

KittyKat · May 1st, 2012, 04:37 AM

Can anyone Identify the cultural source of the following picture?

KittyKat · May 1st, 2012, 04:39 AM

voila

KabukiSan · May 1st, 2012, 08:34 AM

Could it possibly be Hungarian? The facial features of the sculpture resemble those of the Magyar Mongols.

**okamido** · May 1st, 2012, 09:03 AM

Homework assignment?

Tulun · May 1st, 2012, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by KabukiSan

Could it possibly be Hungarian? The facial features of the sculpture resemble those of the Magyar Mongols.

I don't think so. Can you show other images of "Magyar Mongols" (sic) that looks similar to this? I havent seen any even slightly resembling statue from Hungary, actually dont know about any pre-Christian Magyar sculpture finding. I would vote to something further east. Cumans had a developed tombstone art but this doesnt resemble to them either in style:

Lugansk Stone Sculpture Park. Stone sculptures park in Lugansk

KabukiSan · May 1st, 2012, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Tulun

I don't think so. Can you show other images of "Magyar Mongols" (sic) that looks similar to this? I havent seen any even slightly resembling statue from Hungary, actually dont know about any pre-Christian Magyar sculpture finding. I would vote to something further east. Cumans had a developed tombstone art but this doesnt resemble to them either in style:

Lugansk Stone Sculpture Park. Stone sculptures park in Lugansk

Well, I am just judging the statue off its facial features and the threads title, "European Culture Pop Quiz." Therefore, since The Magyars were Mongols who entered Europe, I assumed that was the origin of the statue. To be honest, I haven't seen a pre-Christian Magyar statue either! Haha. To what I have been exposed to regarding the Magyars [concept art], the statue kind if looks like them! Just a guess though, might be further East like you said! http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk...%20Cavalry.JPG

Tulun · May 1st, 2012, 11:41 AM

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Originally Posted by KabukiSan

Well, I am just judging the statue off its facial features and the threads title, "European Culture Pop Quiz." Therefore, since The Magyars were Mongols who entered Europe, I assumed that was the origin of the statue. To be honest, I haven't seen a pre-Christian Magyar statue either! Haha. To what I have been exposed to regarding the Magyars [concept art], the statue kind if looks like them! Just a guess though, might be further East like you said! http://www.irregularminiatures.co.uk...%20Cavalry.JPG

Magyars were not Mongols. the Hungarian language belongs to the Uralic (Finno-Ugric) language family and the Magyar alliance was a mixed Uralic-Turkic (with some Iranian influence). Racially they were also mixed population with Asian admixture in it, but "Mongoloid"=/=Mongol people. :P