tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post116753860167334453..comments2024-03-28T22:57:07.128-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: ONE LOVELY DRAWING, part 9David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-23961462434814365222009-12-14T04:09:52.559-05:002009-12-14T04:09:52.559-05:00what could be more truthfully called Art for Art&#...what could be more truthfully called Art for Art's sake than a study. The study gives the artist the freedom to explore their interest more purely than a finished piece and can thereby be purified from tarnished ends of being anything but an expression of love and shared beauty.Joss Paddockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08075478101981624925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1168700753581091232007-01-13T10:05:00.000-05:002007-01-13T10:05:00.000-05:00And... it's a very difficult drawing to copy .. wi...And... it's a very difficult drawing to copy .. with those dynamic volumes upon volumes upon volumes.<BR/>I saw a 16th C. copy in an Art Institute exhibit about 10 years ago -- and on its own it was a good piece -- but it still missed that extra "oomph" of the original.<BR/><BR/>(and I'm so glad I've found your blog-- you have lots of nice pictures and plenty of fun stories)chris millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575033275184403015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1167661538886391942007-01-01T09:25:00.000-05:002007-01-01T09:25:00.000-05:00Thanks, Diego. I appreciate it. Brian, I'll have t...Thanks, Diego. I appreciate it. <BR/><BR/>Brian, I'll have to check out that Coll drawing. <BR/><BR/>Nickej, I think that "hopeful" is a good word for it. I love being part of a species that could do such a thing. I love that Michelangelo used every square inch of that page to learn. I love that it was a first step, on humble chalk and paper, for what was to be perhaps the most grand and glorious accomplishment by a painter in the history of western civilization. Yes, in addition to the innate beauty of the object, this drawing gives me hope that our corn eating species can sometimes be half divine.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1167638642566794482007-01-01T03:04:00.000-05:002007-01-01T03:04:00.000-05:00I'll go along with you on that. There's something ...I'll go along with you on that. There's something about that drawing (not the fresco, though, oddly enough) that affects me quite as much, and in the same way as Vermeer's "View of Delft". It's....hopeful.<BR/>Thanks for a wonderful blog, best wishes for the new year, now I'm going back to my corn-dog.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1167615588062423142006-12-31T20:39:00.000-05:002006-12-31T20:39:00.000-05:00David,I am quite familiar with the drawing. Its o...David,<BR/><BR/>I am quite familiar with the drawing. Its one of the best I've seen. One I like just as much is the one included in the last few pages of the Joseph Clement Coll book, "Legacy in Line", by John Fleskes.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for all your time and best wishes for the New Year!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1167605064790582412006-12-31T17:44:00.000-05:002006-12-31T17:44:00.000-05:00Thanks very much, Bettsi. It's good to hear from ...Thanks very much, Bettsi. It's good to hear from you. Have a great new year!David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-1167587568779765432006-12-31T12:52:00.000-05:002006-12-31T12:52:00.000-05:00I have been a lowly corn-eating lurker here for ma...I have been a lowly corn-eating lurker here for many months. I wanted to come out and say thank you for what you do. I enjoy your posts very much. Wishing you all good things in 2007!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085198142422136185noreply@blogger.com