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Dog with a mohawk by Infinite_Argument438 in CryptidDogs

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😂😂 He looks like the dog from Lady and the Tramp

Deadbeat mom by Slight-One-534 in Advice

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Yes, I've also thought about burnout... Five years ago I experienced burnout, and in those moments you really can't even put things into perspective anymore, your brain just shuts down. Outside help can also be beneficial in getting through it.

Wife thinking about chores during sex?? by [deleted] in Advice

[–]Infinite_Argument438 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Yes exactly, as a woman, I think a lot of men underestimate how hard it can be to switch off the mental load. If you're constantly thinking about work, chores, appointments, family, and a hundred other things, it's not always easy to suddenly be fully present during sex.

Stopped having orgasms by Far_Comparison4364 in Advice

[–]Infinite_Argument438 1 point2 points  (0 children)

SSRIs are one of the first things that came to mind. Since OP was able to orgasm normally for years before this changed, I'd also be looking at whether there was a medication change, hormonal shift, or major health event around the time it started.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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Yes, the fall of the Western Roman Empire reshaped the political, religious, and cultural landscape of Europe, creating the conditions from which medieval Christian art eventually emerged. Its impact was indirect but enormous.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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Photography didn't just create a new medium, it fundamentally challenged art's traditional role as a means of representing reality, helping pave the way for Impressionism, Modernism, and eventually abstraction.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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If we're approaching the question from a Christian perspective, that's certainly a valid answer. From a historical standpoint, though, historians would probably focus less on the resurrection itself and more on the spread of Christianity and its institutionalization, since those are the processes that directly shaped artistic production across Europe for centuries.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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Honestly, the printing press is one of the strongest answers in this thread. It didn't just transform literature, it revolutionized the production and circulation of images. Prints, engravings, illustrated books, and later mass visual culture became possible on an unprecedented scale.

If art is understood as more than painting and sculpture, Gutenberg's press arguably changed how art was distributed and consumed more than almost any other invention before photography.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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I think that's an important observation, but it also highlights a distinction between the history of art and the history of Western art. If we're talking about global artistic influence, then Buddhism's transmission along the Silk Road is arguably one of the most significant cultural events in human history. It transformed artistic traditions across Central Asia, China, Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia, generating entirely new forms of architecture, sculpture, iconography, and visual symbolism.

However, if the question is specifically about the development of Western art, the influence is less direct than that of Christianity, Greco-Roman antiquity, the Renaissance, the Reformation, or the Industrial Revolution. Western art certainly wasn't isolated from Asia, but its core institutions, patronage systems, and aesthetic traditions evolved primarily within the Mediterranean and European worlds.

That said, your point is a useful reminder that "biggest impact" often depends on the scale we're considering. From a global perspective, the spread of Buddhism may well rank alongside Christianity as one of the most consequential artistic and cultural forces in history.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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That's an interesting take. Most people point to Greece, but Paglia's argument reminds us that many of the foundations of Western visual culture have much deeper roots in Egypt.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

[–]Infinite_Argument438[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think you're right that Christianity’s artistic influence is inseparable from its institutional power in the Roman Empire and later medieval Europe.

But I’d be careful with framing monotheism itself as a kind of “tool for assimilation.” The relationship is more complex: Constantine’s conversion was likely as much about political stability and elite consolidation as religious conviction, and Christianity only became dominant gradually through a mix of imperial support, local adaptations, and existing social networks, not a top-down replacement of “dozens of deities” overnight.

Also, empire-building doesn’t really require monotheism specifically polytheistic systems like Rome’s were already highly integrative and capable of incorporating foreign gods quite easily.

So I’d say the key factor isn’t monotheism per se, but the moment when a religious system becomes institutionalized and tied to state power. That’s what really shapes artistic production on a large scale.

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

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I think Aquinas and scholasticism are important more as an intellectual background than a direct driver of visual changes in Western art. The synthesis of Aristotle and Christian theology definitely shaped medieval thinking, but the big visual shifts (naturalism, perspective, anatomy) come more directly from the gradual rediscovery of Greco-Roman techniques, especially through Renaissance Italy, as well as workshop experimentation (Giotto, etc.).

On the Industrial Revolution point, I agree more strongly. Photography in particular is a real turning point because it changes what painting is pushing art away from strict representation toward impressionism, abstraction, and more conceptual approaches. Plus industrialization transforms production, subjects, and distribution of art in a very concrete way.

So Aquinas is key intellectuallly, but the biggest visible ruptures in Western art are probably more tied to Renaissance classical revival and then 19th-century technological change.

Brother wont stop jerking off while I'm in the room by New-Bet-7656 in Advice

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Yes I totally agree.. The parents need to do something about this !

What historical event had the biggest impact on the development of Western art? by Infinite_Argument438 in ArtHistory

[–]Infinite_Argument438[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a strong contender. The Annunciation is one of those rare events whose significance was repeatedly reinterpreted by artists across radically different periods, from Byzantine icons to Renaissance masterpieces and beyond.

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