@kendrictonn why does this painting from the mid-1800s look so modern? https://artvee.com/dl/wine-cheese-and-fruit/ …pic.twitter.com/s9VsNUgA3C
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that makes perfect sense! and yet somehow it feels surprising to me to see it in a painting the glasses also feel quite contemporary, and there's something about the lighting
Had exactly the same reaction, though, I thought it looked a bit anachronistic too.
in particular, tin! my grandparents and parents always called aluminum foil "tin foil" and despite a degree in chemistry, I do it as well mycenaeans could have had tin foil, all it takes is patience— so they probably did
good point I too call it tin foil, despite knowing that it's Al one amazing thing about tin is how long we've been mining it - the Romans conquered Britain in part bc of the tin mines there
great movie "we met in a Starbucks...well, two different Starbucks..."
Oh man, this sent me down a mini internet research rabbithole! As you said, the art of making gold leaf is thousands of years old. Gold is uniquely suitable for this because it's the most malleable metal - can make the thinnest foil, and also the foil doesn't tarnish.
SUPER thin foil, btw! "A gold nugget of 5 mm (0.2 in) in diameter (bottom) can be expanded through hammering into a gold foil of about 0.5 m² (5.4 sq ft)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_leaf#/media/File:Small_gold_nugget_5mm_dia_and_corresponding_foil_surface_of_half_sq_meter.jpg …pic.twitter.com/4uqa1BylBw
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