Posts Tagged ‘artists’
“There is no work of art without a subject,” said Ortega — and with him here I do not demur. Subject-matter isn’t the only component of art — nor is it the most complicated — but it is the most fundamental. It is the component toward which all others are geared. This is true in […]
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It’s been said that a true artist doesn’t ever lose sight of reality: she stylizes it. It’s been also noted that a good painting often looks more real than reality itself. The reason both of these things are true is that art — which includes literature — is selectivity. Selectivity is the process of choosing […]
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“There is no work of art without a subject,” said Ortega — and with him here I do not demur. Subject-matter isn’t the only component of art — nor is it the most complicated — but it is the most fundamental. It is the component toward which all others are geared. Subject is what the […]
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Saphho was small and dark, yet in his famous rendering of her, Raphael made her blond and fleshy. Richard Wagner — who wore pink underwear — was about five feet tall. Gauguin fathered at least four illegitimate children in Tahiti. This in addition to the legitimate clan he abandoned back home. Beethoven, Brahms, Gluck, Haydn, […]
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(c)Ray Harvey 2011