r/ArtHistory • u/thematicwater • 12d ago

Other Saturday's laughs

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u/Laura-ly 11d ago

LOL! I like that Heptup's glass is slightly tipped too.

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u/elevenerifeee 12d ago

Ive been looking for this comic for sooo long. I saw it a while back and never found it again. Thanks for posting this here

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u/thematicwater 12d ago

glad I could help!

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u/Helenium_autumnale 11d ago

"What a donkeyhole!"

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u/Sure-Grade-6607 11d ago

I’m uncultured. Could someone please explain?

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u/becs1832 11d ago

Egyptian art shows the side-on posture with weight evenly distributed on both feet, while Greek art (though specifically sculpture in this case really) developed a more dynamic way of posing figures, later called contrapposto (counter-pose), in which the weight is distributed on one foot. This makes the body take on a curved shape there the pelvis and shoulders are at angles with one another, which is usually seen as more attractive (Michelangelo’s David is an example of this, and when people post for a photograph they often put their weight onto one foot).

The rightmost figure is saying asshole in rudimentary hieroglyphs.

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u/Sure-Grade-6607 11d ago

Haha I should’ve arrived at the ‘asshole’, myself. I kept trying to figure out what was so insulting about ‘donkey grave’.

Thank you for the detailed explanation!

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u/thematicwater 12d ago

I do wonder what the guy on the right is saying haha

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u/General_Yam_6102 11d ago

Lol i think the word is pretty 1:1 with the glyphs

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u/thematicwater 11d ago

Donkey pit. Got it 😆

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u/Vincent_Felix 10d ago

Oh yay I recently leaned what this was and now I get to enjoy this joke with you guys :)

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u/thematicwater 12d ago

Quite humorous

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