art deco like all styles has good and bad. to say all art thats any good ie, a masterpiece takes a life time seems condesending to many good pieces of art work. van gogh painted more pieces of art in his last few months than most did in a life time. he also changed his style after talking with monet latrec and gagahn (whos correct way of spelling eludes me. he forsook what he had learned and went down a different path. truth be known he was beyond teaching as far as the academe of art taught. as for the statue of david being photoshot. that isn't what were discussing here. we're discussing taking david and rearranging him to create something new. and some photography i would class as art but thats for another thread. art like beauty is in the eye of the beholder of course.. lol at deco being a legacey hehe. are you referring to art deco in paint or in general.  some of the metal wares done by wmf is astoundingly good for me.  i hate it in artwork as it depicts a falsehood  of real life but in solid form i love it. some of the work done by  the newlyn movement in arts and craft that shifted over to art deco is more for me that just  styalized ivy, liberty did some excellent pewter designs.  i think we're getting more to taste now than to is poser work art. for me much isn't but now and again i see a piece or two that is and for that purpose alone i can't in all truthfullness say poser work is worth the trouble of looking at.. and if anyon4 is tired of this thread....don't look at it. same advice for those who think the same of poser or any art form.

anyway back to the discussion. i've been on a piece for over a month and it still looks like crap lmao. i don't think real art or that elusive masterpiece takes a lifetime to create. i think some lucky bastards have it within them and carry the capability to let it out.  many of the old masters did many what we refer to as masterpieces. some did so at an early age. i will conced it often takes a lifetime to get to a level where one is able to produce a so called masterpiece but again i think they're exceptions to the rule and some are naturally gifted enough to create one without the accompany of age.. thanks for the crosstalk darkskies. nice to have a good discussion whatever i think of art.

 

billy