It’s honestly pretty good even though it’s rather simple. I look at some paintings from like the middle ages and wonder why no one seemed to actually learn to draw until more modern times. But there was definitely an artist in this cave individual.
I often wonder about that. The human brain didn’t significantly evolve for the past couple thousands of years. Yet, paintings we see from 2000 years ago often look like a toddler made them, with very bad proportions and perspective. Is the notion of perspective in drawing cultural?
Well, the Egyptians had the same art style pretty much unchanged for thousands of years. Archaeologists believe that their proportions were based on mathematics, and was probably taught as the only way to make art.
Many cultures have prioritized stylized art over realism.
it’s definitely a matter of culture (just look at cartoons, they’re not proportional for shit and tend to avoid even reminding you that perspective exists), but also i think it’s a factor of who is drawing things.
If you’re a monk drawing stuff all day you’re probably not going to bother with anything you don’t have to, or that doesn’t entertain you.
dingus@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It’s honestly pretty good even though it’s rather simple. I look at some paintings from like the middle ages and wonder why no one seemed to actually learn to draw until more modern times. But there was definitely an artist in this cave individual.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
I often wonder about that. The human brain didn’t significantly evolve for the past couple thousands of years. Yet, paintings we see from 2000 years ago often look like a toddler made them, with very bad proportions and perspective. Is the notion of perspective in drawing cultural?
Holyhandgrenade@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Well, the Egyptians had the same art style pretty much unchanged for thousands of years. Archaeologists believe that their proportions were based on mathematics, and was probably taught as the only way to make art.
Many cultures have prioritized stylized art over realism.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
it’s definitely a matter of culture (just look at cartoons, they’re not proportional for shit and tend to avoid even reminding you that perspective exists), but also i think it’s a factor of who is drawing things.
If you’re a monk drawing stuff all day you’re probably not going to bother with anything you don’t have to, or that doesn’t entertain you.