Why are there so many canines in fine art?

The human-dog relationship is maybe my favorite thing about being human.

We've bred this companion animal that we're able to bond with so deeply, and I so appreciate the simplicity of the bidirectional unconditional love. So rare between humans, so common human-to-dog.

This article makes an interesting point about dog attention as a focal point in art - not something I'd noticed before, but I enjoy having it pointed out to me.

Because they couldn’t get the cats to pose obediently for the artist?

Because dogs are awesome. Next question!

Is it the same in movies? I wonder if the dogs motif is across different media format

https://archive.is/UOU6r

> Sometimes he stared first at the ball or man, then back at me, then at the ball or man again, until I retrieved the ball or moved away from the man.

My dog stares at me, then the AC, then back at me again when he wants it turned on.

come on! dogs knew where technology was going and started there media based influencer campain early, knowing that was key to them beating us into space

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika