11-10-2011, 09:30 AM
Touchstone --
Nobody is perfect. I'm no art connoisseur but I suspect that every single brush stroke Da Vinci every painted isn't perfect. I also recall hearing that a lot of artists have trouble drawing hands. Yet the overall impression of their works can well be great in spite of the imperfections (if they're relatively minor).
Perfection is a difficult term, but there is an idea, for example in silversmithing, that the craftsman should make his tools, chisels and so on. They will be unique, and so, therefore, will be anything made with them. In other words, a thing can be good not despite, but because of the 'imperfections'.
Mark --- Surely-- some would say perception is all, or at least the greater part of artistic endeavour. It may be less obvious in the more cerebral or abstract forms, but I would think it must still be there. Hmmmm............................................................
Nobody is perfect. I'm no art connoisseur but I suspect that every single brush stroke Da Vinci every painted isn't perfect. I also recall hearing that a lot of artists have trouble drawing hands. Yet the overall impression of their works can well be great in spite of the imperfections (if they're relatively minor).
Perfection is a difficult term, but there is an idea, for example in silversmithing, that the craftsman should make his tools, chisels and so on. They will be unique, and so, therefore, will be anything made with them. In other words, a thing can be good not despite, but because of the 'imperfections'.
Mark --- Surely-- some would say perception is all, or at least the greater part of artistic endeavour. It may be less obvious in the more cerebral or abstract forms, but I would think it must still be there. Hmmmm............................................................