You ๐ may ๐ be ๐ onto ๐ฆ something ๐
here. ๐ Memes ๐ธ used ๐ถ to ๐ฆ be ๐ simple. ๐ข Relatable. Worth ๐ธ a ๐ chuckle. Then ๐ฎ they ๐ฅ evolved. New ๐ formats, new ๐ tag lines, new ๐ content that ๐ was ๐ then ๐ฎ turned ๐ into ๐ a ๐ new ๐ meme. ๐ธ Then ๐ฎ memes ๐ธ became increasingly meta and ๐ self ๐ฏ reflective. They ๐ฅ parodied themselves ๐ฑ and ๐ the ๐ users ๐ who ๐ both ๐ made ๐ them ๐ฆ and ๐ consumed them. ๐ฆ They ๐ฅ built ๐ off ๐ด of ๐ฆ one ๐ค another. ๐ They ๐ฅ grew. ๐ฑ They ๐ฅ morphed into ๐ something ๐
entirely ๐ novel. This ๐ progressed to ๐ฆ the ๐ point ๐ where ๐ even ๐ that ๐ wasn't ๐ enough. ๐ฆ They ๐ฅ had ๐ to ๐ฆ become ๐ something ๐
more ๐ than ๐ themselves. ๐ฑ They ๐ฅ became surreal. They ๐ฅ became deep ๐ฑ fried ๐ฅ and ๐ nuked. Each ๐ flavor ๐ต building ๐ off ๐ด of ๐ฆ the ๐ last ๐ and ๐ transforming into ๐ a ๐ nearly ๐ฃ intangible, unknown entity. Art progressed in ๐ a ๐ similar fashion. ๐ Started ๐ข off ๐ด simple, ๐ข I'm ๐ talking ๐ฃ cave ๐ป drawing ๐ simple. ๐ข Then ๐ฎ some ๐จ pottery and ๐ some ๐จ small ๐ abstract sculptures. Subjects everyone ๐ฅ could ๐ relate to ๐ฆ and ๐ understand. ๐ Then, ๐ฎ as ๐ technology ๐ก allowed ๐ for ๐ the ๐ creation of ๐ฆ cultures and ๐ societies, art ๐จ began ๐ to ๐ฆ reflect that ๐ change ๐ผ and ๐ it ๐ฏ evolved along ๐ with ๐ it. ๐ฏ By ๐ the ๐ Ancient ๐ Greeks and ๐ Romans, art ๐จ had ๐ become ๐ a ๐ more ๐ advanced ๐ version of ๐ฆ the ๐ Stone ๐ and ๐ Bronze Age ๐ต arts. ๐ญ Better ๐ drawings, paintings, and ๐ the ๐ addition of ๐ฆ mosaics. Sculptures eventually shifted from ๐ stylistic expression to ๐ฆ naturalistic representation. Still ๐ accessible to ๐ฆ everyone, ๐ฅ yet ๐ more ๐ nuanced and ๐ complex. After the ๐ fall ๐ of ๐ฆ Rome art ๐จ stagnated and ๐ didn't ๐ซ change ๐ผ very ๐ much ๐ฅ for ๐ nearly ๐ฃ a ๐ millennium. Early ๐ Christian ๐ผ art ๐จ dominated ๐ฉ for ๐ the ๐ most ๐ฏ part, ๐ consisting of ๐ฆ murals and ๐ frescos and ๐ simple ๐ข statues. All ๐ฏ of ๐ฆ which ๐ were ๐ถ based ๐ on ๐ the ๐ Ancient ๐ styles. Romanesque and ๐ Gothic art ๐จ also ๐จ built ๐ upon ๐ฆ these ๐ precedents. This ๐ all ๐ฏ changed ๐ผ when ๐ the ๐ Renaissance attacked. A cultural explosion changed ๐ผ the ๐ art ๐จ world ๐ forever; ๐ arguably starting ๐ซ with ๐ the ๐ Italian artist, Giotto. He ๐จ began ๐ using ๐ป techniques like ๐ foreshortening and ๐ linear perspective ๐ฃ so ๐ฏ that ๐ the ๐ material ๐ world ๐ could ๐ be ๐ represented as ๐ it ๐ฏ appeared to ๐ฆ us. ๐จ A ๐ callback to ๐ฆ the ๐ naturalistic stylings of ๐ฆ the ๐ Greeks. Almost ๐ธ like ๐ a ๐ reference to ๐ฆ the ๐ days ๐ of ๐ฆ yore. A ๐ celebration of ๐ฆ how ๐ฏ art ๐จ used ๐ถ to ๐ฆ be, ๐ but ๐ with ๐ the ๐ explosion of ๐ฆ new ๐ techniques and ๐ technologies, the ๐ art ๐จ grew ๐ฑ increasingly diverse. ๐ฑ New ๐ and ๐ improved frescoes, meticulously crafted sculptures, architectural marvels and ๐ the ๐ inclusion of ๐ฆ new ๐ materials ๐ in ๐ these ๐ works. ๐ Instead ๐ of ๐ฆ tempera, oil was ๐ introduced along ๐ with ๐ new ๐ styles of ๐ฆ depicting light ๐
and ๐ shadow through ๐ฉ sfumato and ๐ chiaroscuro. These ๐ techniques and ๐ stylistic changes, ๐ผ while ๐ impressive, ๐ were ๐ถ simply ๐ก an ๐น advancement of ๐ฆ pre established ๐ art. ๐จ The ๐ Renaissance paved the ๐ way ๐ซ for ๐ the ๐ explosion and ๐ diversification of ๐ฆ dozens of ๐ฆ art ๐จ movements that ๐ followed. From prehistoric art ๐จ to ๐ฆ the ๐ end ๐ of ๐ฆ the ๐ Renaissance, art ๐จ was ๐ mostly about ๐ฆ the ๐ same ๐ฉ subjects and ๐ used ๐ถ similar techniques to ๐ฆ accomplish the ๐ goal ๐ of ๐ฆ producing a ๐ work ๐ข of ๐ฆ art. ๐จ Yes, ๐ the ๐ technical proficiency exponentially improved but ๐ considering the ๐ centuries in ๐ between, ๐ few ๐ true ๐ฏ advancements were ๐ถ made.