Comments on: The beauty of things http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-beauty-of-things a multi-disciplinary dialog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:08:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Bob http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-9163 Bob Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:02:19 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-9163 I thought I recognized this tulip painting. Painting objects like bowls, flowers etc. have always been a challenge for me. The challenge with the tulips, was that I made them up and they seem to keep getting bigger and bigger and then I fell in love with the what I was doing with the background and this became the painting for me. I thought I recognized this tulip painting. Painting objects like bowls, flowers etc. have always been a challenge for me. The challenge with the tulips, was that I made them up and they seem to keep getting bigger and bigger and then I fell in love with the what I was doing with the background and this became the painting for me.

]]> By: D. http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-9047 D. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:37:59 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-9047 Steve, Yes, Procrustes! And another aside: I have several friends who teach painting and each one, as a rule, will not allow students to physically crop their work. I think they think it is too often an easy way at resolving whatever compositional issues that arise. Steve,

Yes, Procrustes!

And another aside: I have several friends who teach painting and each one, as a rule, will not allow students to physically crop their work. I think they think it is too often an easy way at resolving whatever compositional issues that arise.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-9031 Steve Durbin Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:23:45 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-9031 Jeez, ask a simple question, get a profound response. You make me think of Procrustes. Your analogy is brilliant, but I'm still interested in hearing about the art history aspect, from anyone. Jeez, ask a simple question, get a profound response. You make me think of Procrustes. Your analogy is brilliant, but I’m still interested in hearing about the art history aspect, from anyone.

]]> By: D. http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-9028 D. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 17:07:13 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-9028 Steve, "...cropping apparently became more acceptable with photographs, and then came to be used as a device by other artists as well. Does that fit with your knowledge of art history?" Beyond art history, I think new media has cropped our lives. Steve,

“…cropping apparently became more acceptable with photographs, and then came to be used as a device by other artists as well. Does that fit with your knowledge of art history?”

Beyond art history, I think new media has cropped our lives.

]]> By: Steve Durbin http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-9009 Steve Durbin Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:10:17 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-9009 Richard, Yes cropping is a key way to alter the impact of an image, and photographers are fortunate it's available to them long after the raw image is captured. It would be interesting to do a post on this with examples. Richard,

Yes cropping is a key way to alter the impact of an image, and photographers are fortunate it’s available to them long after the raw image is captured. It would be interesting to do a post on this with examples.

]]> By: Richard Rothstein http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-8968 Richard Rothstein Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:31:06 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-8968 Cropping in art fascinates me. I do it in my photography and in my writing. There is something very exciting and arousing in what is not seen in relationship to what is seen. Cropping in art fascinates me. I do it in my photography and in my writing. There is something very exciting and arousing in what is not seen in relationship to what is seen.

]]> By: Richard Rothstein http://artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html/comment-page-1#comment-8967 Richard Rothstein Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:28:45 +0000 http://www.artandperception.com/2007/03/the-beauty-of-things.html#comment-8967 I love Pessoa's thoughts about beauty. Beauty is not the visible. Beauty is the degree of emotional, intellectual or spiritual pleasure that a human experiences through any one of his or her senses: sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. The more we are pleased through sense, the more beautiful we perceive an object to be. When we assign beauty to something, we are simply revealing intimate details of an internal experience of some form of chemical pleasure. I love Pessoa’s thoughts about beauty. Beauty is not the visible. Beauty is the degree of emotional, intellectual or spiritual pleasure that a human experiences through any one of his or her senses: sight, touch, smell, taste and hearing. The more we are pleased through sense, the more beautiful we perceive an object to be. When we assign beauty to something, we are simply revealing intimate details of an internal experience of some form of chemical pleasure.

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