New Classical Western Art thread. Old thread: >>129483673

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>>129518548

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>>129518548
Thanks for the new thread, I had this reply ready for someone who posted a greek/roman sculpture.

This pose is amazing. I hate that we no longer strive for the sublime, we need a new renaissance.

Why do we give special status to every abnormality instead of venerating human physique?

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>>129518712
My specialty is photography, thus that's what I'll be posting until the thread picks up.

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>>129518825

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>>129518732
>we need a new renaissance.
Agreed, although I think nowadays most artists are too lazy to spend the decades needed to learn high-level technique which the old masters had.

It's much easier to sell some schlock abstract work which takes a few hours to make for several thousand dollars than do any real work. Pic related is a perfect example.

It's all about branding in this day and age.

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>>129519230
Speaking of photography, I think the medium is oft-understood as being 'too easy' to be considered real art, even now. Actually, printing technique, gaining soundness in composition, and generally working with the medium takes a long, long time to perfect. Even the great photographers take about a decade to get really good.

Attached is another late Atget.

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>>129518548
Atget is one of the great Western photographers because he's a white guy photographing #whiteguythings. No, really. The attention to detail and thoroughness he puts into visually capturing true French culture (before the liberal narrative) is second to none.

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>>129520087
Here's Timothy Sullivan, who photographed the US Civil War and American West. He influenced photographers such as the famous Ansel Adams.

Working in the mid-19th century, he still used wet-plates which required a portable darkroom, this was no mean feet. He was the only photographer to have done this at this time.

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>>129520597
Since this thread is being mostly ignored, this is my last image.
Here's a Walker Evans, who was the bridge between classical and (((modern))) photography.

>>129520970
I still enjoyed it man, too bad the other thread took off faster.

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This is a pic from Russia in 1911

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Don't judge, we got, like, three good pieces of American art.

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>>129521480
Dude, there are LOADS of good 19th c. American artists. When I took survey of North American art in my BFA years, the text was the size of a phone book.

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Blumpf

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