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Painting was always first and foremost for spiritual and religious purposes, not for documenting things. Secular painting became a thing only very recently, tw
by otabdeveloper4 3y ago
Painting was always first and foremost for spiritual and religious purposes, not for documenting things.
Secular painting became a thing only very recently, two or three hundred years ago. And even then, it was always used to whitewash or vilify something or someone. Bias was (and is!) its primary purpose.
- RecycledEle 3y ago> Painting was always first and foremost for spiritual and religious purposes, not for documenting things. There was a time (most of human history) when painting was the most realistic way we had of conveying images.
- otabdeveloper4 3y agoTechnically true, but irrelevant - practically nobody used painting for that purpose throughout history. (People didn't care about "realism" at all, that is a recent 20th century fixation.)