Celtic figs.etc

I'm v. interested in the contorted poses of the intertwined figures in medieval manuscript art and the (artistic) impetus that formed them; was it just the cold and discomfort that made men in less temperate regions draw figures interlaced like this? Were they reflecting contemporary treatment of humans by humans? And was there also a parallel inherent human satisfaction in imposing at least artistic control in forcing limbs and torsos to adhere to an unnatural, *mechanical* mould long before mechanics?
( more, with graphic internet imagery )

pho-shop

I just CANNOT DO image optimisation!!!! the files are supposed to be well under 100Kb because of loading time (even tho art images are expected to take longer) but whenever i get them around 70kb the quality automatically goes to Low.
I thought photoshop was supposed to *optimise* the images? That's not what I call optimising! That's just tearing the pixels out of a jpeg and tuning into a piece of shit image that i can't use.

!!! there isn't even a typeable expression fr how exasperated i feel : meh is lightyears off !!!