How NOT to Read Equestrian Statues
This is one myth of reading art you can dismiss
3 min readApr 7, 2022
On several occasions, I have come across the seductively simple rule-of-thumb for determining the symbolic meaning of equestrian monuments.
It goes like this:
If the horse represented has two legs in the air, then the rider of the horse made his final stand in battle; if the…