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Traditional Art

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This is a community dedicated to showcasing all types of traditional medium art.

Traditional means a physical medium. This includes acrylic, pastel, encaustic, gouache, oil and watercolor paintings; Ink illustrations; Pencil and charcoal sketches; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood prints; pottery; ceramics; metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; Weaving; Quilting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

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[–] Melobol@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I wonder having the woman barefoot and her chest exposed - is it racial commentary, or historical representation....

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Brummbaer@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

Totally. Here is something I found about women's clothing in the 16th century.

https://jezebeljane.blogspot.com/2015/09/womens-clothing-in-16th-century-turkey.html?m=1

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dürer was an imaginative guy and actually made some of his works entirely from descriptions. So I'm guessing this is one of them too.

One of his most famous works entirely made from descriptions >>

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Honestly, that's pretty impressive working purely from description. And metal af.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, it's impressive! (and metal. Look at that armor). He would be a great sci-fi illustrator if he lived today.

[–] zwerg@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I doubt Dürer went to Turkey, so being generous its most likely a 'common knowledge' interpretation.

[–] Sualtam@lemmus.org 4 points 1 week ago

Turks at that time were always trying to conquer Germany. There were probably some opportunities to see them.