Aren't old painted portraits technically selfies from the 18th century?

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It just struck me that selfies aren't actually a modern phenomenon at all. Long before the camera was invented, artists regularly painted themselves.

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  • jethro
    3 years ago

    Not unless you painted yourself. That's how a selfie is done.

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    • RoseIsabella
      3 years ago

      Bingo!

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    3 years ago

    nobody made duck lips back then

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    • Meowypowers
      3 years ago

      Haha

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      3 years ago

      Yeah that's true. I wonder who did the duck lip first.

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  • Tommythecaty
    3 years ago

    No.

    The clue is in the name....

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    • LloydAsher
      3 years ago

      It's almost like selfies and portraits are two very seperate things.

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      • Tommythecaty
        3 years ago

        That’s a bingo!

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  • [Old Memory]
    3 years ago

    Vanity exists in all ages

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  • LloydAsher
    3 years ago

    Selfie you are taking the image of yourself with a camera.

    Portrait: Another person is drawing you.

    It's not a selfie if someone takes your picture thus it's not a selfie to have your face painted.

    I lowkey want an old fashioned portrait with me wearing a tshirt with a chuhi in one hand and a smartphone in the other. Get the class of a portrait during the 21st century.

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    • charli.m
      3 years ago

      Wow it's lucky you read the post and saw OP was talking about SELF portraits. You almost made a tool of yourself.

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  • olderdude-xx
    3 years ago

    They also likely modified the painting to show how they wanted to look. Not how they actually looked at the moment.

    So these were the equivalent of "photo-shopped" selfies.

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  • Somenormie
    3 years ago

    Well maybe?

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  • bbrown95
    3 years ago

    At least the background wasn't a public restroom, lol.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      3 years ago

      Nope. You couldn't just sit in a public restroom and paint something for many hours.

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