Random convo I had w/ @calebwatney recently: what explains the fact that sculpture hasn't improved as an art in ~500 years, but movies have?
works like canova's psyche and cupid or corradini's veiled truth are far more accomplished showpieces of technical skill and ideal beauty
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but they don't get feted as much as the renaissance sculptors because that's *all* they are, and were recognized as such in their time
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Oh we don't disagree! I wouldn't make the argument that Michaelangelo is the apex I would say I'm hard pressed to find modern comparisons
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oh I'm not disputing that at all, responding to "500 years" not with "wtf sculpture rules now" but with "150 years"
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Ah, right. I should have been so arbitrary with the timeline. (Also there's some Caravaggio in the Nat. Gallery rn & it's amazing)
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