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The parallel I would draw in art isn't anime, but the trend in art in the 19th century away from trying to make more photorealistic art. For example, Impression
by jcranmer 5y ago
The parallel I would draw in art isn't anime, but the trend in art in the 19th century away from trying to make more photorealistic art. For example, Impressionism. You can look at the works of, say, Claude Monet, and see that the heavy brush strokes and seemingly incomplete nature of his Impressionist paintings aren't because that's only as good as he can do.
- dash2 5y agoI understand the parallel. I accept that sometimes, whether it's Monet or anime, people aren't trying to be realistic. What I want to know is, why should we believe that to be the case here?
- naravara 5y agoHe does mention one emperor in the middle of a chain of them who prefers the older, “more true” style. It stands to reason that if such skilled craftspeople were available for him they would have also been available for the ones immediately preceding and succeeding him. It being a hipster affectation or intentional throwback makes more sense than assuming he lucked into the handful of guys with the requisite skill sets that nobody else can find.
- RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y agoBut with regards to impressionistic painting, the impetus away from photorealistic painting was the invention of photography. Artists could not compete with photos which could do literal photorealistic images at a fraction of time and effort of an painter doing photorealistic images. With regard to these scultures, I am not aware of any such technological push.
- DuskStar 5y agoSince my personal opinion on "modern" art (read: essentially everything you'll see in a museum that was made after 1900) is that it sucks, this isn't a particularly compelling argument to me!