Re:Things Unexpectedly Named After People
by dredmorbius on Thursday February 22, 2024 @02:06PM
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"Silhouette" was a surprise when I'd learned of it a few years back.
The backstory: he was a financial minister and an advocate of austerity, such that when the practice of creating simple, cheap, shadow-profile head portraits of people emerged, his name was applied to them.
The backstory: he was a financial minister and an advocate of austerity, such that when the practice of creating simple, cheap, shadow-profile head portraits of people emerged, his name was applied to them.