Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle ages

Re:Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle... by Little_Fish on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:33AM (#30116879)

This is like the gif where everyone draws a picture on the back of the person in front and the end result is nothing like the original. Chinese whispers in art form!

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Re:Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle... by koboll on Friday January 28, 2022 @03:28PM (#30119898)

You can almost hear the not-quite-accurate descriptions that inspired these. Like the (many) images that are almost accurate, except the tusks grow upward: probably the description called them "horns" and mentioned where on the head they grew from, but not the direction, so the artists simply inferred the horn-growth direction they were familiar with from other large mammals.

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Re:Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle... by alfiedotwtf on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:09PM (#30123700)

How long is the Emporer's nose? https://imaginatorium.org/stuff/nose.htm

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Re:Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle... by airstrike on Friday January 28, 2022 @01:39PM (#30118627)

I've never seen that, would love a link

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Re:Evolution of the elephant depiction throughout the middle... by dvsfish on Friday January 28, 2022 @11:54AM (#30117229)

gartic phone!

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