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Generosus equus non curat canem latrantem

A well-bred horse doesn't care about a barking dog

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The presence of the logo (above) means that the pictures on display here are visible in 3D by means of the red-cyan appropriate glasses. (Warning: a big influx on the site can lead to a traffic jam with slowing down of the display.)

This site is currently still under construction and I am sure it will surprise a lot of people. Indeed, it will be fully dedicated to the best friend of the man. But maybe I am not quite clear: to tell the truth, this modest seemingly site, still in progress, should constitute in fact a world premiere, as far as it is the very first site dedicated to a main subject (nothing to do with all those sites where they just put images on display; here there will be plenty of true articles, and I am going to give it an academical stamp, but at the same time it should be within the reach of a popular audience), and exclusively illustrated with relief images! And, what should be the main or even unique subject of our site? would you ask me? The Man's best friend.

And, of course, you are going to say that the Man's best friend is ... the dog? The dog! Let's be serious! I mean, of course, Its Majesty The HORSE, the most represented animal in the history of Art, an animal that helped establish and demolish entire civilizations, an animal that the North American Natives "borrowed" from the "invaders", and thanks to which they eventually inflicted their enemies some memorable defeats, an animal that the Cossack children learn to ride before being able to walk, an animal -unfortunately for it- involved in all the major humans' wars and the first great killings in the history of human ferocity; let's just think of the battles led by Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Napoleon, among many others ... Let's be honest: should not such an animal deserve the utmost respect?

And why, then, should the site be a big surprise for some people? Simply because we are going to approach the Horse under all its forms and aspects, to begin with the pictures on display ...

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But I can imagine some people wondering: "3D, but what for?". Those are either colorblind or have a very poor eyesight, such as an old friend of mine who couldn't see any difference in the images with and without special glasses. Because others, particularly young people, clearly see the difference and let you hear a lot of "Wow!", "This is great!", "It's a killer!", "It rocks!" … to use a vocabulary which I have had to get used. The fact is that even the Queen of England was convinced.

By the way, have you heard of the last trailer of "Star Wars"? By the launching of the last episode (2015) Hollywood began to advertise about the newest version of the saga, and gathered a few thousands of aficionados to present them excerpts from the upcoming item. And, that one would be realized in what format?, should I ask you. Imax 3D. And, why Imax 3D? Because that's what young people presently want to see while attending a movie show. It just happens that the core target of action cinema is roughly the same as for video games: mostly (male) teenagers, with an average age around 20 years. Some years ago that population had deserted theaters and cinemas consecutively on a global explosion of the phenomenon of video games, to the point that to get by, Hollywood had no alternative but to begin to ape the (video) games in its own films, making in the beginning a lot of remakes of games (see Tomb Raider, which launched the career of Angelina Jolie).

But then Lukas, Spielberg and others (Cameron) didn't give up the fight, appealing to graphic designers, special effects experts, overseeing the invention of new materials which led for instance to 3D polarization ... And so on, until we got works as Avatar, Pi's Odyssey, Gravity ..., all in 3D as it is going to be the case of the coming version of Star Wars.

Do you understand now why 3D is that important? Because that is the way they found in Hollywood to attract the young audience back to the movies, and the most effective weapon to counter video games.

And, if you're not yet convinced, why not ask young people of your neighbourhood, while inviting them to visit this site ... And don't forget the little red-blue glasses!

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