Hairbland
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List of significant Artists, by Hairbland on Feb 14, 2017 22:49:00 GMT 1, 1 - please spell Leonardo da Vinci correctly. 2 - please explain how an artist that died in 1519 fits into the 20th or 21st century. Am guessing tomawal is French, hence the French version of the name, which BTW is what Leonardo would have been called for the approx. 50% of his life he lived there. It would be interesting to see if his tombstone has the French or Italian spelling of his name...Anyone know ?
Maybe. Still died in 1519.
1 - please spell Leonardo da Vinci correctly. 2 - please explain how an artist that died in 1519 fits into the 20th or 21st century. Am guessing tomawal is French, hence the French version of the name, which BTW is what Leonardo would have been called for the approx. 50% of his life he lived there. It would be interesting to see if his tombstone has the French or Italian spelling of his name...Anyone know ? Maybe. Still died in 1519. |
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thugs
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List of significant Artists, by thugs on Feb 14, 2017 23:08:51 GMT 1, 1 - please spell Leonardo da Vinci correctly. 2 - please explain how an artist that died in 1519 fits into the 20th or 21st century. Am guessing tomawal is French, hence the French version of the name, which BTW is what Leonardo would have been called for the approx. 50% of his life he lived there. It would be interesting to see if his tombstone has the French or Italian spelling of his name...Anyone know ?
both. there are 'headstones' in different places with different spellings, one is inscribed leonard de vinci, the other leonardo da vinci, though his final resting place remains unknown and will stay that way until dan brown figures it all out.
1 - please spell Leonardo da Vinci correctly. 2 - please explain how an artist that died in 1519 fits into the 20th or 21st century. Am guessing tomawal is French, hence the French version of the name, which BTW is what Leonardo would have been called for the approx. 50% of his life he lived there. It would be interesting to see if his tombstone has the French or Italian spelling of his name...Anyone know ?both. there are 'headstones' in different places with different spellings, one is inscribed leonard de vinci, the other leonardo da vinci, though his final resting place remains unknown and will stay that way until dan brown figures it all out. |
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lucky7
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List of significant Artists, by lucky7 on Feb 14, 2017 23:32:46 GMT 1, Maybe Man Ray because of his historical importance and his association with dada and surrealism. But Mapplethorpe pretty much just made it as a photographer. (But maybe, maybe) Bailey, just no. Theres a dozen more important fashion photographers than him. I think you said it yourself, these guys are just influential to photography. Cindy Sherman is influential to ART. photography is art. So that puts Man Ray and Mapplethorpe on the same level as some others named in this thread.
Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid.
Maybe Man Ray because of his historical importance and his association with dada and surrealism. But Mapplethorpe pretty much just made it as a photographer. (But maybe, maybe) Bailey, just no. Theres a dozen more important fashion photographers than him. I think you said it yourself, these guys are just influential to photography. Cindy Sherman is influential to ART. photography is art. So that puts Man Ray and Mapplethorpe on the same level as some others named in this thread. Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid. |
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South Bound
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List of significant Artists, by South Bound on Feb 15, 2017 2:48:15 GMT 1, photography is art. So that puts Man Ray and Mapplethorpe on the same level as some others named in this thread. Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid.
would be interested if you could elaborate
photography is art. So that puts Man Ray and Mapplethorpe on the same level as some others named in this thread. Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid. would be interested if you could elaborate |
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lucky7
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List of significant Artists, by lucky7 on Feb 15, 2017 22:24:24 GMT 1, Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid. would be interested if you could elaborate
You can write a grocery list or write Don Quixote.
You can take a picture of your old car to post on ebay, a picture of a beautiful actress taken beautifully, or go beyond. I like the outgoing whitehouse photographer, Pete Souza, he goes beyond portrait and almost every pic talks about the president as a person, the human side, power, etc (check him out if you have not).
Man Ray experimented and pushed the creative and technical aspects of photography. Mapplethorpe took beautiful pictures, and pushed the boundaries of eroticism. Bailey is a great technical portraitists and his subjects look great. But for me, none of them compare in depth to Sherman: I find her messages on womanhood, celebrity culture, gender, desire, etc, very deep. Of the ones I mentioned Mapplethorpe probably comes closer. Bailey is just technical.
There is however an aesthetic aspect, beauty, balance, composition, color, etc. In this regard all the photogs mentioned have merit. So it comes down to taste. Bailey surely can create beautiful images.
So photography is a medium, just like painting, writing, playing guitar. Anybody, literally, can take a picture, and most get better with practice but not everybody manages to create great art with a camera.
Photography is a medium through which art can be achieved. For me the photographer must transcend the mere registry. But your opinion that they are great artists is valid. would be interested if you could elaborate You can write a grocery list or write Don Quixote. You can take a picture of your old car to post on ebay, a picture of a beautiful actress taken beautifully, or go beyond. I like the outgoing whitehouse photographer, Pete Souza, he goes beyond portrait and almost every pic talks about the president as a person, the human side, power, etc (check him out if you have not). Man Ray experimented and pushed the creative and technical aspects of photography. Mapplethorpe took beautiful pictures, and pushed the boundaries of eroticism. Bailey is a great technical portraitists and his subjects look great. But for me, none of them compare in depth to Sherman: I find her messages on womanhood, celebrity culture, gender, desire, etc, very deep. Of the ones I mentioned Mapplethorpe probably comes closer. Bailey is just technical. There is however an aesthetic aspect, beauty, balance, composition, color, etc. In this regard all the photogs mentioned have merit. So it comes down to taste. Bailey surely can create beautiful images. So photography is a medium, just like painting, writing, playing guitar. Anybody, literally, can take a picture, and most get better with practice but not everybody manages to create great art with a camera. |
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List of significant Artists, by Rouen Cathedral on Feb 16, 2017 2:05:55 GMT 1, Would second a lot of artists mentioned by others.
Think On Kawara and Christo should be on there. Didn't see they mentioned yet.
Would second a lot of artists mentioned by others.
Think On Kawara and Christo should be on there. Didn't see they mentioned yet.
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thriftypix
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January 2014
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List of significant Artists, by thriftypix on Feb 16, 2017 3:01:49 GMT 1, If we're talking photographers (in no particular order):
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Paul Strand
André Kertész
Henri Cartier-Bresson
O. Winston Link
Edward Steichen
Sebastião Salgado
Berenice Abbott
Man Ray (yet another vote for this genius!)
If we're talking photographers (in no particular order):
Walker Evans
Dorothea Lange
Paul Strand
André Kertész
Henri Cartier-Bresson
O. Winston Link
Edward Steichen
Sebastião Salgado
Berenice Abbott
Man Ray (yet another vote for this genius!)
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nobokov
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List of significant Artists, by nobokov on Feb 16, 2017 5:49:02 GMT 1, If we're talking photographers (in no particular order): Walker Evans Dorothea Lange Paul Strand André Kertész Henri Cartier-Bresson O. Winston Link Edward Steichen Sebastião Salgado Berenice Abbott Man Ray (yet another vote for this genius!)
If we're talking photographers (in no particular order): Walker Evans Dorothea Lange Paul Strand André Kertész Henri Cartier-Bresson O. Winston Link Edward Steichen Sebastião Salgado Berenice Abbott Man Ray (yet another vote for this genius!) I'd also add Diane Arbus, Edward Weston, and William Eggelston |
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