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agreed...
I latched onto Tolstoy's thoughts on "art in the narrow sense" as a counter to his earlier muddle of good vs. bad, which to me was a non-starter.
... as well the concept of an "amateur artist" makes little sense ; )
Very interesting.
By: J_Warden : May 24th, 2017-06:51
Defining art is a tough business. ;-) " art in general is the conveying of various kinds of feelings and we call art in the narrow sense of the word only that which conveys feelings we recognize as important. " I think that's a reasonable definition, alth...
agreed...
By: cshimokita : May 24th, 2017-07:20
I latched onto Tolstoy's thoughts on "art in the narrow sense" as a counter to his earlier muddle of good vs. bad, which to me was a non-starter. ... as well the concept of an "amateur artist" makes little sense ; )
Thank you Edward...
By: cshimokita : May 24th, 2017-14:52
While researching this I ran across the work of Russian artist Karl Bryullov (1799 to 1852) who is best remembered for his painting " The Last Day of Pompeii ". Bryullov is regarded as a key figure in transition from the Russian neoclassicism to romantici...
I am....
By: AuHavrePro : May 24th, 2017-16:53
in total agreement with your viewpoint Casey on the topic and with the related definitions. Yes, it is all about succeeding in conveying feeling and no, the feeling in question does not necessarily have to be 'important'. His attempt at classification bet...
good quotes...
By: cshimokita : May 24th, 2017-20:47
I would agree with the Christian Bale quote that "art" is not always the purpose behind the activity... to report, to document, etc. are also valid reasons. In this case it may be as a craft or profession or... BTW, nice portrait of Bale. John Malkovich v...
Oh yes,
By: AuHavrePro : May 24th, 2017-21:18
I try to pick as nicely done portraits of people as I can find when I decide to add a quote to a portrait. In this instance, his was done by an LA Times staff photographer for a promotional interview he did with the publication back in 2014. I do not howe...
Nice....
By: AuHavrePro : May 25th, 2017-13:26
image search engine, I've known about them for a while now but have literally never gotten to using any of them simply because I didn't have to. Now I've bookmarked the TinEye website and am sure I will come to seeing how it works soon enough . In regards...
True enough...
By: cshimokita : May 26th, 2017-04:28
Leo Tolstoy included " Uncle Tom’s Cabin " on his short list of novels... he was not a big fan of Richard Wagner's " Der Ring des Nibelungen ", nor almost anything by Ludwig van Beethoven... Regarding Harriet Beecher Stowe's 1852 novel... " ... we are lef...