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In the painting, that room is much smaller than it's depicted I think, or maybe people were a lot smaller in those days
by vncecartersknee 6y ago
In the painting, that room is much smaller than it's depicted I think, or maybe people were a lot smaller in those days
- gverrilla 6y agochurch culture likes to make buildings (and fantastic ideas) gigantic and super powerful whilst individuals are thought of as small and insignificant and devious and vicious. of course this is not the way the church hierarchy regards itself, but this is the style they will impose for their "art" as a form of propaganda, to push their narratives.
- microtherion 6y agoI remember a tourist guide in Athens a few years ago claiming that you could see in the difference in proportions between the Parthenon (built by a democratic society) and the temple of Olympian Zeus (built by tyrants/emperors) that the former was meant to elevate you, while the latter was meant to make you feel insignificant.
- trosi 6y agoWell the room is huge (52.70m x 24.66m x 11.50m), but the painting makes it look even bigger. https://venicewiki.org/wiki/Sala_del_Maggior_Consiglio https://venicewiki.org/wiki/Sala_del_Maggior_Consiglio
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