Timeline for Why do very old arts (paintings, sculptures) look pretty inaccurate and abstract? [closed]
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| Apr 15, 2019 at 3:36 | history | edited | Amir | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Apr 15, 2019 at 1:54 | comment | added | Greg | Besides agreeing with all, who point out that the purpose of art is not to be photorealistic: 1) there is an obvious gap between the techniques available for the old artists and the new ones. It is much harder to paint a person on an uneven cave wall, without a brush, with limited pigments, in the dark, compared to paint Mona Lisa on canvas for 3 years, 2) it is better to compare ancient artifacts with folk arts: folk arts even now are often naive, highly abstract, cartoonish, etc. (of course, not in a bad way). | |
| Apr 14, 2019 at 14:15 | comment | added | sempaiscuba | Any question that begins "I wonder what's people's thoughts on why ..." is likely to invite answers that are primarily based on individual opinions, and so is likely to be off-topic here. (I've sat through many discussions of this sort with archaeologists in pubs over the years. Great topics for a pub debate, not so much for SE sites.) | |
| Apr 14, 2019 at 14:10 | history | closed |
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| Apr 14, 2019 at 14:05 | answer | added | Dave Gremlin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 14, 2019 at 7:19 | comment | added | Jos | Your question is more an opening for a debate. This is not the place for that. | |
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| Apr 13, 2019 at 23:39 | answer | added | Alex | timeline score: 3 | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 23:21 | comment | added | Jos | Unlike modern art? | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 23:18 | comment | added | Gilles 'SO- stop being evil' | How much of this is bias because more detailed art would have involved materials that don't last for millennia? For that matter, how many ancient pieces use to have more details in the form of pigments that have completely disappeared due to chemical or mechanical wear? | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 21:45 | comment | added | user15620 | Note that the Venus of Willendorf has some attributes that are grossly exaggerated, and others that are minimized or removed. Note that modern cartoons usually greatly exaggerate certain features while minimizing or removing others. | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 21:32 | comment | added | user15620 | @Amir My point is that we have no way of knowing what the intentions of the original artists were. Note that the cartoons I linked to are also completely missing features like ears and noses. You say it is "obvious" that accuracy is not intended in the modern instance...why can't it be true in the ancient instance? | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 21:24 | comment | added | vpekar | At least some ancient art was very realistic: | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 19:56 | comment | added | Amir | @LangLangC It's not very relevant because first I'm not talking about photo realism and second I'm thinking of much older times (e.g. 2000 BC and older ) | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 19:25 | comment | added | LаngLаngС | Related: Why are there no photorealistic paintings from the old days? | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 18:24 | comment | added | Amir | @StevenBurnap No that's not what I meant. The thing is it is obvious that the 21st century artist who has drawn those animation characters has had the purpose of drawing those characters that way. To me, it looks like even the "best" sculptures from old times look pretty inaccurate. Plus, those characters are full of details; many of the paintings/sculptures of ancient times do not even seem to have things like eyes etc. | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 18:06 | comment | added | Denis de Bernardy | Not all ancient art was inaccurate. | |
| Apr 13, 2019 at 16:43 | comment | added | user15620 | You are assuming that people intended or desired their art to be an accurate representation of exactly how things look. The Venus of Willendorf is not less accurate than this. Does that mean 21st century artists are poor? | |
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