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Re: BIG

Well, I don't know how real it is. Do we know it wasn't one of Leonardo's
boyfriends in drag? :)

That said, sure, our art is visual, and therefore is based on what we see; but
perceptions vary from artist to artist. I suspect that most visual artists are
trying to convey what they see; but that's not necessarily reality, and
certainly much of art is not intended to be representational. For example,
cubism, it seems to me, was an attempt to take reality, jumble it up, and
reassemble it in an interesting way to approach a three dimensional
representation. Does that qualify as depicting reality?

Pam

Jack Fulton wrote:
> 
> >> How big is it?
> >>
> >> Pam
> >>
> >> Judy Seigel wrote:
> >>> ... (How big is the Mona Lisa?)
> >>>
> >>> Judy
> 
> Now, here is another aspect of reality. The Mona Lisa is 21" wide and 30"
> tall. The joy of the painting is the psychological interest in her enigmatic
> facial expression. The painting is of reality (in reference to my last post)
> in that the person painted is unique and has so many individual qualities so
> as to not be some genral painting of a 'type'.
> Jack

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