Flying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 3 months agoMedieval European painters never saw anyone with dark skin, therefore Africans were white.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up191arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up188arrow-down1imageMedieval European painters never saw anyone with dark skin, therefore Africans were white.lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to InsanePeopleFacebook@lemmy.world · 3 months agomessage-square12linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareNightwatch Admin@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 months agoWell, lighter skin tones were often a trait of beauty, and I think it is also easier to paint. BTW that pharaoh doesn’t look quite white either.
Well, lighter skin tones were often a trait of beauty, and I think it is also easier to paint. BTW that pharaoh doesn’t look quite white either.