Pet peeve of mine, but there are many 'history facts' twitter feeds (good) and they often include images with the facts (also good) but sometimes don't the dates of the images.
Always differentiate 1 Period artwork, 2 scholarly reconstruction or 3 random early-modern painting.
Always differentiate 1 Period artwork, 2 scholarly reconstruction or 3 random early-modern painting.
Lay readers often cannot tell the different between period artwork/scholarly reconstruction and Renaissance of early modern (or modern) interpolation.
They tend to assume, quite reasonably, if you are showing a picture, it's because 'that's what it looked like.'
They tend to assume, quite reasonably, if you are showing a picture, it's because 'that's what it looked like.'
Now there's value too in showing, say, a Renaissance painting of a classical scene with some history facts about the event as a way to say 'look, this remained relevant an interesting, here's another take on it.'
But you've gotta date that painting!
But you've gotta date that painting!
(This is, to be clear, not in response to anything in particular and no one should take this as a subtweet. It is merely something that grinds my gears generally. It also drives me nuts in lectures, presentations and essays either online or in print)
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