this post was submitted on 01 Dec 2025
95 points (98.0% liked)

Art

1116 readers
11 users here now

THE Lemmy community for visual arts. Paintings, sculptures, photography, architecture are all welcome amongst others.

Rules:

  1. Follow instance rules.
  2. When possible, mention artist and title.
  3. AI posts must be tagged as such.
  4. Original works are absolutely welcome. Oc tag would be appreciated.
  5. Conversations about the arts are just as welcome.
  6. Posts must be fine arts and not furry drawings and fan art.

founded 4 months ago
MODERATORS
SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
SnokenKeekaGuard@anarchist.nexus
95
Unbelieve this painting was made in 1657! The Little Street by Johannes Vermeer (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 3 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/visualarts@lemmy.dbzer0.com
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Over here, I'm wondering what the deal is with someone only painting the lower portions of the bricks white. Granted, it was no doubt much harder those days to get to the upper areas, but I'm also wondering if it was an 'owner thing,' a local thing, city thing, Dutch thing, etc.'

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I don’t know, but I suspect it’s both easier and protective against things that are unlikely to affect higher bricks, like water damage

[–] JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hmm, interesting. Maybe semi-corrosive materials on the streets? Coal dust? Horse manure? Even just someone sauntering over and relieving their bladders?

[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Oh, those are all better options than water damage, lol. Teamwork!