Ancient drawings that look contemporary
Drawings from the Book of Deer (Scottish Gaelic: Leabhar Dhèir) (Cambridge University Library, MS. Ii.6.32) is a 10th-century Latin Gospel Book with early 12th-century additions in Latin, Old Irish and Scottish Gaelic. It contains the earliest surviving Gaelic writing from Scotland. (wikipedia)
2023, Beloit, Wisconsin
The line used to draw this figure was made in Knossos about 3,300 years ago. This same line can be seen coming out of brushes in the Comics Room at UW-Madison. Comics are ancient.
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The kind of drawing we have come to call ‘Comics’ has been around for a very long time.
Characters from a 1,300 year old Coptic tapestry created in Egypt.
Line work from twelve thousand years ago looking just like the line work we make in the Comics Room. The line language is the same.
Found in Turkey
The types of lines we use when we make our comics are very old. These characters were drawn nearly 2,000 years ago but somehow look completely contemporary. What makes this possible?
