Re: Stegosaurus iconography

[Danvarner@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/5/2006 3:22:46 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
a.hazen@philosophy.unimelb.edu.au writes:

<< Relevance?  Evidence, perhaps, that (non-avian) dinosaurs  were 
thought of as more active and more athletic  -- in short, were  
thought of in a more "modern" way -- in the late 1800s than they were 
in  the first half of the  1900s.  Something for which there is other  
evidence, of course: cf. Knight's picture of the two battling 
theropods  (Dryptosaurus?). >>

I suspect that the "athletic" restorations such as  Cope and Knight's 
"Leaping Laelaps" disappeared once actual skeletons began to  be mounted in the 
early 
20th century. It became clear then how massive these  animals really are. At 
any rate, it's still one of my favorite paintings. I  ordered a black and 
white 8 X 10 of it from the American Museum when I was  twelve. It cost $1.50. 
DV