tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post5172109994564747941..comments2024-03-27T00:32:29.877-07:00Comments on Photos and Stuff: The Dialects of Photographyamolitorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-65062600066600876872018-12-16T13:53:56.863-08:002018-12-16T13:53:56.863-08:00As far as I know (I'm not an art historian), a...As far as I know (I'm not an art historian), at least up to the beginning of the 19th century, yes. I believe at about that point in time art was separated from craft, and concepts like self-expression of the artist emerged. It was also around that time that aesthetic theories emerged (for instance, in Kant's "Kritik der Urteilskraft").<br />I remember that in an exhibition about landscape art, the guide explained to us that many (almost all?) paintings by flemish and italian masters were intended as symbols of status for the clients. Market demand certainly restricted artistic expression, and technical finesse probably made a painting more valuable (realistic rendering of highlights on a silk dress, for example, or accurate perspective). This kind of mastership was probably passed on from master to disciple.<br /><br />Best, ThomasThomas Rinkhttp://www.picturesfromthezone.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-44194114690826115062018-12-16T12:04:40.471-08:002018-12-16T12:04:40.471-08:00Quite right, and I was unclear (probably because m...Quite right, and I was unclear (probably because my thinking was, and is). It is not that any kind of painting can arise spontaneously in a moment, it is that *some* kind of painting, the idea of painting and a first crude attempt at it, can arise pretty much anywhere and any time.<br /><br />Oil painting in the style of the European Masters is, I think, a surprisingly technical thing?amolitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743439184763617516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-654754338632526091.post-85285782229748855772018-12-16T11:02:59.335-08:002018-12-16T11:02:59.335-08:00I think it was Kandinsky who said that in any give...I think it was Kandinsky who said that in any given culture group and era, only a specific kind of art is possible. "Kind of art" does not mean e.g. painting or sculpture, but in e.g. painting only a few ways to paint are possible. I interpret it like that the time must be ripe for a given school of art; painters stand on the shoulders of their predecessors, too. Of course a particular painter could paint in a completely different style, but it is likely that his work wouldn't be understood and accepted.<br />To me, he seems to have a point - so even for art, some kind of prior "spadework" is needed.<br /><br />Best, ThomasThomas Rinkhttp://www.picturesfromthezone.com/noreply@blogger.com