c/traditional_art · by PugJesus@piefed.social · 109dEngraving of a Turkish family by German artist Albrecht Dürer, made ~1495 AD 49 points · 8 comments · view on lemmy.world
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Melobol@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 109d
I wonder having the woman barefoot and her chest exposed - is it racial commentary, or historical representation....
merde@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 109d
Orientalist fantasies?
Brummbaer@pawb.social · 4 pts · 108d
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 pts · 108d
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 pts · 108d
Honestly, that's pretty impressive working purely from description. And metal af.
muhyb@programming.dev · 2 pts · 108d
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 pts · 108d
I doubt Dürer went to Turkey, so being generous its most likely a 'common knowledge' interpretation.
Sualtam@lemmus.org · 4 pts · 108d
Turks at that time were always trying to conquer Germany. There were probably some opportunities to see them.