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Narjas Zatat
Jun 11, 2018
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So, about that viral G7 photo.
You know the one: it features German Chancellor Angela Merkel and US President Donald Trump in Canada, appearing to face off during tense negotiations about trade barriers.
It really is, as many online have pointed out, a piece of art.
This picture is a piece of art. Title: 'Body Language'. https://t.co/Kev6SswPdh— Arnór Dan (@Arnór Dan) 1528563034
People quickly compared the photo to a Renaissance painting...
This is a Renaissance Painting. https://t.co/vNOJOFLLTl— Pete Forester 🇺🇸 (@Pete Forester 🇺🇸) 1528561070
To those saying it looks like a renaissance painting. There does appear to be a clear Fibonacci Spiral evident wi… https://t.co/FxRcFj4p7Q— James Herring (@James Herring) 1528614215
But not everyone is convinced...
Some art history scholar needs to write a takedown of the current Twitter trend of saying any dramatic photo with a… https://t.co/mB6ZjOQ5RK— Abbey Bender (@Abbey Bender) 1528581367
So one man delivered a can we not on Twitter.
Twitter user @Palle_Hoffstein wants everyone who’s sharing the viral G7 photograph to stop saying it’s a renaissance painting.
It’s not.
Ok, because I'm feeling pedantic as fuck, I need to point out that this photo does not look like a Renaissance pain… https://t.co/CcVARl7X0M— PALLE! (@PALLE!) 1528644895
FYI a Renaissance painting has subjects evenly spaced out.
This is a Renaissance Painting. The subjects are evenly spaced across the canvas, equidistant to the viewer as if o… https://t.co/o3L3IucSrl— PALLE! (@PALLE!) 1528644952
Case in point: Last Supper.
Even the Last Supper, a more sophisticated piece, suffers from the same staginess, although now the body language i… https://t.co/U3Hrr5itqI— PALLE! (@PALLE!) 1528645003
A Baroque on the other hand, has subjects 'positioned naturally' in the room:
Now here is a Baroque piece. The subjects are positioned naturally in the room, some have their backs to viewer, an… https://t.co/AorVhzvd1j— PALLE! (@PALLE!) 1528645347
Like this Rembrandt:
And how does he know these things?
He took Art History at uni, obviously.
My parents 30 years ago: Why are you taking art history? Me: It will come in handy. *30 years later* Me: Mom, you'l… https://t.co/bt0iQVs84J— PALLE! (@PALLE!) 1528645639
His tweets were liked almost 40,000 times got over 10k retweets.
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