c/artporn · by Bloodyashes@lemm.ee · 3yExhibition of a Rhinoceros at Venice (1751), by Pietro Longhi 124 points · 16 comments · view on lemmy.world
16 Comments
Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 3y
The noblewoman probably didn't pay for the portrait, so the face was blacked out in protest
taiyang@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
I like this explanation the most, but I'm going to go with her being an eldrich horror instead.
erogenouswarzone@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
She's a practicing member of the cult of cthulu.
Piecemakers3Dprints@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I say it's both, really. 🥹🦑
celeste@kbin.social · 21 pts · 3y
I believe the mask is called a visard and was used to protect against the sun.
iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 3y
Oh I thought blackface was just that casual back then.
IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social · 4 pts · 3y
The more things change the more they stay the same
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facekini
TheKracken@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That's just a modified balaclava.
Guest_User@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Just a touch of blackface
ebits21@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 3y
What’s with the blackface? Lol.
ChrisLicht@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 3y
The call of the void . . .
guyrocket@kbin.social · 3 pts · 3y
At first glance I thought the guy on the bottom left was talking a selfie...it took me a second to sort it out.
Reverendender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Apparently they had squid game back then
Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
"Look how happy he is!"
Daevan@feddit.it · 1 pts · 3y
That girl Is creepy AF
XTornado@lemmy.ml · 0 pts · 3y
For a second I thought that guy was taking selfie... which makes no sense.