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OT Historians: Can anyone tell me why
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:27 pm
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:27 pm
We have talented artists today that can sketch a drawing of someone or something that nearly looks like a photograph but no one from ancient times could do anything similar? Or did they do this but the materials used just deteriorated over time because they weren't preserved properly? It seems like everything we have that would give insight into how people and situations actually looked from ages gone by isn't nearly the same quality that a modern artist could provide. What says the OT?
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Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:29 pm to RTR1979
quote:MUSEUMS
RTR1979
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:29 pm to RTR1979
Have you ever tried to sketch something in a rock using another rock?
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:31 pm to RTR1979
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:32 pm to RTR1979
People back then were too busy trying to not die of diseases and finding food than trying to practice their drawing skills. Most people today don’t actually have real problems.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:32 pm to RTR1979
Sculptures from the Greeks are quite realistic looking, though they apparently had trouble w/the eyes
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:32 pm to RTR1979
Why couldn’t people do it 40 years ago. I would bet it is because the photographs of that era did not have the definition that they have today. It just was not a thing to aspire to.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:34 pm to hombreman9
quote:There are paintings from 16th century Italy that look like photographs
Why couldn’t people do it 40 years ago
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:34 pm to RTR1979
quote:Why
OT Historians: Can anyone tell me why
Happy now?
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:51 pm to TypoKnig
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People back then were too busy trying to not die of diseases and finding food than trying to practice their drawing skills. Most people today don’t actually have real problems.
Tell that to the guy who has gangrene on and in his penis.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:54 pm to RTR1979
Having photography to look at and study, as well as modern instruments, is a tremendous advantage.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:56 pm to RTR1979
Materials I would think. But also a difference in perception. Artists today see lifelike images to create them. Hell when the concept of perspective was formed that was a game changer but was not in the ancient past.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 9:58 pm to RTR1979
Some of it is established techniques are more widely taught + more people trying, but mostly I think it's because of the tooling. All the equipment is better now. The paper is better, the ink is better, the writing instruments are much finer and more importantly they have color photos or printouts to use as a guide. A lot of them overlay grids to break everything down into small sections.
Source: my cousin draws super realistic shite.
Source: my cousin draws super realistic shite.
This post was edited on 11/17/18 at 10:02 pm
Posted on 11/17/18 at 10:00 pm to RTR1979
Posted on 11/17/18 at 10:00 pm to RTR1979
Because we have photographs and they didn’t.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 10:44 pm to RTR1979
Roman bust were legit. The paint is gone, but they were spot on.
This post was edited on 11/17/18 at 10:46 pm
Posted on 11/17/18 at 10:52 pm to RTR1979
Michangelo’s sculpture of David is considered the greatest sculpture in history. It is damn near flawless, and it’s carved from a single piece of stone, from the mind of Michangelo, no model. It stands 17’ tall.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 10:58 pm to RTR1979
Today’s artists learned from the artists before them. Plus it’s a probability thing that we would have better artist now. There are millions of artists now. In 1452 there were like 4 painters.
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:02 pm to RTR1979
Because:
"The majority of all drawing executed during the Renaissance of the quattrocento (15th century) and cinquecento (16th century) were working drawings - that is, preparatory sketches used in fine art activities like architecture, painting, sculpture, as well as forms of decorative art such as mosaics, tapestry, stained glass, illustration, and the like."
The fact is that they just didn't draw like people draw now as their medium of choice. They drew simple drawings only to plan out their actual work of art, which would be a painting, sculpture, etc.
Now, people use pencil and paper as their medium of choice for their work of art. They just didn't really do that back then.
"The majority of all drawing executed during the Renaissance of the quattrocento (15th century) and cinquecento (16th century) were working drawings - that is, preparatory sketches used in fine art activities like architecture, painting, sculpture, as well as forms of decorative art such as mosaics, tapestry, stained glass, illustration, and the like."
The fact is that they just didn't draw like people draw now as their medium of choice. They drew simple drawings only to plan out their actual work of art, which would be a painting, sculpture, etc.
Now, people use pencil and paper as their medium of choice for their work of art. They just didn't really do that back then.
This post was edited on 11/17/18 at 11:13 pm
Posted on 11/17/18 at 11:11 pm to RTR1979
Same reason computers today are better than they were in ancient times.
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