tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post8428448645176732469..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: Why Feel the Need?Thomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-88771707657791551062009-10-27T09:57:19.341-07:002009-10-27T09:57:19.341-07:00She was beautiful and less "straight" th...She was beautiful and less "straight" than the usual "Mucha's" girl.Li-Anhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10702501956172981776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-68001108250210263792009-10-26T18:37:44.839-07:002009-10-26T18:37:44.839-07:00Thank you, I really appreciate your thoughts here,...Thank you, I really appreciate your thoughts here, and yes, that makes perfect sense.<br /><br />It's a subject I struggle with, as I try to describe my art and photography to people. I will continue this thread periodically.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-90224759847602801572009-10-26T18:18:06.701-07:002009-10-26T18:18:06.701-07:00that an interesting question....i think it becomes...that an interesting question....i think it becomes a portrait when the artist's main goal is attempting to capture a very specific living personality in a piece. its not just about capturing a likness but having the picture communicate something of that person back to the artist (and then of course to other viewers as well.) all the while infusing their own vision and personality with that of the subject. does that make any sense?? <br />this makes me think of something i read somewhere. i think it was about Dante Gabriel Rosetti. the subject of a portrait he painted was quite unhappy with the results because he said he had been painted to look like a mad laborer, which according to others was exactly what he was!<br /><br />anyway i am enjoying your blog very much, keep up the good work!Artman2112https://www.blogger.com/profile/03062864368596074661noreply@blogger.com