• Tar_Alcaran
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    97
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    anon: “Why do building go up from the ground?”

    Also anon: “Must be aliens!”

  • stoy@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    52
    ·
    3 months ago

    Without seeing the art, I can think of a few explanations.

    1. The artist is drawing a concept, say an epidemic/disease, as a monster to make it easier to communicate. From what I understand aincient art is often very symbilc, which would fit this very well.
    2. Propaganda, the ruler wants art that shows them as powerfull, strong, and fighting/killing a sky monster is a powerfull message without angering neighbouring leaders into a real conflict.
    3. Fiction/immagination, today works of fiction are very common, so why not in the past as well? Someone painted something just because it looked cool, is that so unresonable?
    • Tar_Alcaran
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      46
      ·
      edit-2
      3 months ago

      Also, pointy roof make rain and snow fall down better than non-pointy roof. Also, monument point up, because making monument point down makes it fall over.

  • Honytawk@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    42
    ·
    3 months ago

    You mean ancient people saw dinosaur bones and imagined the same sort of monsters, and build their roofs to ward off rain?

    Say it ain’t so!

  • Ioughttamow@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    3 months ago

    This is just the result of obelisk re-education programs on their subjugated worlds

    The monsters fight for freedom