tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post3579093157525441404..comments2024-03-28T22:57:07.128-04:00Comments on ILLUSTRATION ART: WARRING WITH TROLLS, part 6David Apatoffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-62192437891086173602014-01-27T10:28:27.961-05:002014-01-27T10:28:27.961-05:00Cartooning Course Just re-published! www.famous-a...<b>Cartooning Course</b> Just re-published! www.famous-artists-school.com/ <br /><br />We are proud to introduce the <b>Famous Artists Cartooning Course</b> – the rebirth of a classic! Created by the giants of cartooning, it has such a solid-gold pedigree we are reissuing it without modernizing the text. It offers you practical teaching that is the closest thing to actually sitting in the cartoonist’s studio.<br /><br />Our <b>Cartooning Course</b> was envisioned, created, and illustrated by the giants of classic cartooning. Their names are familiar to both cartoon aficionados and anyone who’s read the funny papers over the years: <b><i>Rube Goldberg, Milton Caniff, Al Capp, Whitney Darrow Jr., Willard Mullin, Harry Haenigsen,</i></b> and more… http://arthomestudy.com/index.php/cac/categories/C35/<br /><br /><b>Famous Artists School</b> was founded in 1948 in Westport, Connecticut, a community where many artists chose to live because of its pleasant rural nature combined with its proximity to the art markets in New York City.<br /><br />The Founders were twelve artists who were giants in their field, nationally known and recognized for their creations. This was the “golden age” of American illustration: magazines were in great demand, and stories were illustrated almost entirely by painting and drawing.<br /><br />The Founders, led by <b>Albert Dorne</b> and <b>Norman Rockwell,</b> had a vision of making high-quality art instruction available to students all across America. These artists knew that there were many people with the desire to produce art; every day they received requests from interested potential students. Of course, these prominent and busy artists didn’t have time to teach individual students.<br /><br />The Founders’ great idea was to pool their knowledge, insights, and secrets, and create a comprehensive art Course that students could study in the comfort and convenience of their own homes. To fully involve students in the learning process, the Course was designed to include Assignments to be sent in for critiquing and evaluation by a staff of professional artist-instructors, who were trained and mentored by the twelve Founders.Jack Disbrowhttp://arthomestudy.com/index.php/cac/categories/C35/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-18057762660054116852013-12-27T18:26:12.931-05:002013-12-27T18:26:12.931-05:00Why is feeedom of speeches head kind of lightened?...Why is feeedom of speeches head kind of lightened? Like someone opened photoshop and just selected his head then cranked the brightnessUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13792063748460580246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-11662687198672737882013-12-24T12:11:48.507-05:002013-12-24T12:11:48.507-05:00In 1939, Clark visited Australia, and later referr...<i>In 1939, Clark visited Australia, and later referred to it as "that intolerable continent", adding that Australian galleries had the worst art but the best Victorian pornography in the world.</i><br /><br />Hilarious!<br /><br />And a Merry Christmas to you Chris!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-17762398488847079822013-12-24T11:00:17.610-05:002013-12-24T11:00:17.610-05:00I remember reading this in Rockwell's
my adven...I remember reading this in Rockwell's<br />my adventures as an illustrator.<br />it is amazing MacLeish didn't <br />realize how these paintings would<br />be loved by the American public.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09460922061000684700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-76060684031854870952013-12-24T10:39:54.169-05:002013-12-24T10:39:54.169-05:00His plan sort of caught on in the long run though,...His plan sort of caught on in the long run though, eh?<br /><br />http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.htmlRichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249577762409684046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-92071081068921759472013-12-24T06:16:04.685-05:002013-12-24T06:16:04.685-05:00Fortunately, in Britain, we had the more level-hea...Fortunately, in Britain, we had the more level-headed Kenneth Clark who was heading the war artists commissioning board. This, allied to the 'mass observation' movement spearheaded by the GPO film unit, meant that a broader, more flexible approach was adopted which. included a 'documentary' attitude by many of the artists employed.<br /><br />Having said that, the money would have been better spent on a couple of extra Spitfires or extra equipment to dig out the wounded from the rubble of our cities.<br /><br />And having said that... Um... Merry Christmas everybody! :)chris bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088693067960235141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-6582021896647647822013-12-24T01:27:44.914-05:002013-12-24T01:27:44.914-05:00Richard-- Yes, it was reeeally difficult to make i...Richard-- Yes, it was reeeally difficult to make it all the way through this post without using the term "blockhead" even once.<br /><br />Kev Ferrara-- Thanks for filling out the picture of MacLeish. Yes, it is possible to be a true intellectual and a lion of culture and still be an ignorant, closed minded troll who impedes the path of art. It was so obvious to everyone around him and yet he didn't see it.<br /><br />FlatClem-- I agree that art and politics don't always mix well. I 'm not sure that anyone talked about "arrogance" to "defend" someone who wants to produce war propaganda; I believe the word is being used to attack such people.David Apatoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11293486149879229016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-79143415565155242502013-12-23T16:40:01.753-05:002013-12-23T16:40:01.753-05:00That being said, and i understand the time period ...That being said, and i understand the time period and the context, i don't think that talking about 'arrogance' to defend someone who actively wanted to produce war propaganda is really appropriate.<br /><br />Politic and art doesnt always mix well to me.FlatClemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11228078119789844292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-30387707340311730602013-12-23T10:59:01.679-05:002013-12-23T10:59:01.679-05:00MacLeish is a perfect example of how ideology mess...MacLeish is a perfect example of how ideology messes up otherwise intelligent people.<br /><br />He spent years postulating and pontificating on the nature of Art after he became one of the "lost generation" in Paris. ("Art shouldn't mean, it should be", he once said, and famously.)<br /><br />Later, after the stock market crash, he became more interested in artists being in actual social discourse with the public at large, so he probably changed his tune on whether art should be allowed to mean anything. Although the idea of Salvador Dali making war propaganda is just buck nuts; that's like appointing Rodney Dangerfield as White House Press Secretary.<br /><br />If we look at MacLeish's criteria laid out, Norman Rockwell was the perfect example of just about everything he dreamed of in an Art messenger. Except of course that MacLeish had dreamed it would be a poet (himself) who would be the man for the job, and he was indoctrinated into clueless Modernist snobbery which put down artists who were clear and popular communicators. <br /><br />Which is all to say, that he fell prey to the typical traps that intellectuals fall into. Which is that, because he was up in his head, he couldn't appreciate the reality of his convictions. And thus couldn't see that, in practice, his views were at odds with each other. Thus, for all his talk and intellectual surety, he was profoundly confused on the matter he was most evangelical about.<br /><br />Happy Holidays everybody! <br />kev ferrarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09509572970616136990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12189014.post-8943871568705587392013-12-23T08:42:36.169-05:002013-12-23T08:42:36.169-05:00>Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Yasuo Kuniyosh...>Marc Chagall, Salvador Dali and Yasuo Kuniyoshi<br /><br /><br />Those choices boggle the mind.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08249577762409684046noreply@blogger.com