http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:33:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/comment-page-1/#comment-47841 ando Wed, 08 Nov 2006 20:13:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/#comment-47841 Did he get rid of the guy's 'stache? Did he get rid of the guy’s ‘stache?

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/comment-page-1/#comment-46961 gail Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:24:56 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/#comment-46961 I didn't want to be critical, but I thought that people who were not artists or not familiar with artistic techniques might take it the wrong way, as if working from a preexisting image were inartistic in some way. I didn’t want to be critical, but I thought that people who were not artists or not familiar with artistic techniques might take it the wrong way, as if working from a preexisting image were inartistic in some way.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/comment-page-1/#comment-46959 aberron Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:20:17 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/#comment-46959 Hi, gail. I'm the author of the post. You're right. Of course, it wasn't just a copy, the artists did their personal interpretation of the image. I just was trying to explain it in a easy way. Hi, gail. I’m the author of the post. You’re right. Of course, it wasn’t just a copy, the artists did their personal interpretation of the image. I just was trying to explain it in a easy way.

]]> http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/comment-page-1/#comment-46910 gail Tue, 07 Nov 2006 18:38:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2006/11/07/when-impressionists-copy-from-photographs/#comment-46910 I think "just a copy" is a bit of a misinterpretation. Whether an artist uses a photograph or a model the painting is still an original work of art. It's just based on another image -- like all representative works. I think “just a copy” is a bit of a misinterpretation. Whether an artist uses a photograph or a model the painting is still an original work of art. It’s just based on another image — like all representative works.

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