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Weren’T There Beautiful People In The Past?
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Portraiture up until say 1550/1600 seems always to portray ugly people.
Was it just lack of technique, or were our distant ancestors really so plain?
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Was it just lack of technique, or were our distant ancestors really so plain?
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An interesting site here.
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Throughout the ages portraiture has gone through cycles from almost deifying the sitter to warts and all and everything in between.
There have always been beautiful people, but not all beautiful people had their portrait painted.
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Throughout the ages portraiture has gone through cycles from almost deifying the sitter to warts and all and everything in between.
There have always been beautiful people, but not all beautiful people had their portrait painted.
//Did the Greeks do any two-dimensional representations of the human face?//
Yes.here's a famous arti st of the Classical period:
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Yes.here's a famous arti st of the Classical period:
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This was the link to which pasta’s direction led me:
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Sorry, can’t do a tiny for some reason.
Anyway, click on that link and see how my question was refuted and answered!
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Sorry, can’t do a tiny for some reason.
Anyway, click on that link and see how my question was refuted and answered!
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I stumbled on this when I was googling portraits. It's neither beautiful, or handsome. But extraordinarily accomplished for something dated 1425.
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Here's another dated 1430 by the same painter...
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probably not, bainbrig, but it was surprising how much better the good artists became.
Compare the first and third pictures on this page, both by Durer and a year apart. There's a sharp difference in quality - the second could almost be a photo. (I realise photorealism isn't necessarily what a painter is aiming at, but it's a fair bet Durer had the same goal in mind with both)
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Another pair Hockney compared was two Leonardos
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But that might be accounted for by the 30 year gap between the two; he might have acquired a visual aid or he might just have learnt more.
Compare the first and third pictures on this page, both by Durer and a year apart. There's a sharp difference in quality - the second could almost be a photo. (I realise photorealism isn't necessarily what a painter is aiming at, but it's a fair bet Durer had the same goal in mind with both)
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Another pair Hockney compared was two Leonardos
https:/
https:/
But that might be accounted for by the 30 year gap between the two; he might have acquired a visual aid or he might just have learnt more.
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