The best explanation I have heard is that it they are self portraits of women looking down at themselves. Thats why they seem to have a top down forced perspective with the tiny pointy feet and all, atleast thats what I read in an anthropology paper years ago.
But if you are doing a self portrait in a world before mirrors how else are you going to do it? You are also assuming that all real art is attempting to accurately represent the world from a neutral perspective.
They'd also felt their bodies before and used them. I don't think anyone is saying that's what they thought they looked like, just that they were showing their perspective through art.
The best explanation I have heard is that it they are self portraits of women looking down at themselves. Thats why they seem to have a top down forced perspective with the tiny pointy feet and all, atleast thats what I read in an anthropology paper years ago.
The figures in that article comparing the statue and a pov from similar angle were quite convincing to me, I'm on board.
mind. blown. 🤯
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But if you are doing a self portrait in a world before mirrors how else are you going to do it? You are also assuming that all real art is attempting to accurately represent the world from a neutral perspective.
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They'd also felt their bodies before and used them. I don't think anyone is saying that's what they thought they looked like, just that they were showing their perspective through art.