Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Living in interesting times or what?

crowbar opened this issue on Nov 19, 2004 ยท 40 posts


CardinalBiggles posted Fri, 19 November 2004 at 3:00 PM

Referring back to the comment that the poster (ynsaen) who expressed surprise that artist were resistant to change. If he checks out his art history he will find this has always been so. The outrage at Manet's 'Olympia' and the general resistance to the nascent Impressionist movement came largely from such places as the Royal Acadamy and the French Salons, leaders of the artistic community. By the time the Impressionists were established there was something new to cavil at in the Fauves; and then of course you get Cubism, etc, etc. Established artists have generally found a formula that works and any change or innovation threatens their economic niche. Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose.