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?
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Replying to @_TamaraWinter @calebwatney
the word "improved" makes me reee tbh
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Replying to @alicemazzy @calebwatney
I think we can say confidence that David is pretty close to as good as it gets, but I could be persuaded
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A good argument can be made for the Pieta but that doesn't change anything.
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michaelangelo's david is a painter's sculpture, bernini's is a sculptor's sculpture
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Replying to @alicemazzy @AliceTeller and
but on the "naturalistic idealism" scale what I was going to say is the renaissance isn't the top of the list
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Replying to @alicemazzy @AliceTeller and
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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Replying to @alicemazzy @AliceTeller and
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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what we called "high art" entered a death spiral around the time of the impressionists and was mercy-killed by duchamp
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Replying to @alicemazzy @_TamaraWinter and
and it ain't never coming back
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