They all seem related, even the dog
I’m not an art expert or anything, but the most interesting thing I’ve ever heard is that art went through stages of technique learning, the same as any field, for things as “simple” as faces and bodies. And this surprised me because on the surface, you’d think that artists draw or paint what they see, and that technique goes into overall quality, rather than the actual ability to paint a face.
You can see this in old pictures like this with cats and babies. The babies have old people faces and the cats don’t at all look like cats. Artists collectively had to learn how to translate a baby’s face and a cat’s face onto paper, it was more than just painting what they saw.
Anyway, I’ve always thought that was an interesting tidbit.
It’s definitely more relatives similarities than inability to paint faces.
Here’s a painting she did of her sisters playing chess:
Indeed! Haven’t heard of this, thanks for sharing! :)
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Here’s a cool video about “pre contact dogs” kept by native people!
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That looks like a Cavalier King Charles. They were bred as lapdogs in the 17th century so this could be a proto version of that. My dog is half of that and he has very similar markings and ears.
FYI: don’t get a king charles cavalier. They have a lot of serious genetic health problems. Mine thankfully dodges them because he’s mixed.
You know… It’s so interesting to actually pause and think about these kids as actual humans.
The kids in the painting r uk… Kids. Imagine how silly they were. Imagine what dumb shit they did with their friends. What did their youth look like? Did they find romance that they would’ve liked? Or did they too face girlfriend/boyfriend issues? How did their kids look like? What was their reaction when they saw their kids for the first time? Or did they just die of disease or war before they could have kids? What did their old age look like? Did they die as content old people? Or did they have to die slowly of some terminal disease?
I don’t know about you, but thinking of life and people in this way is interesting and depressing at the same time.
