tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post4572610268191811873..comments2024-03-27T11:43:33.889-04:00Comments on Stapleton Kearns: Looking at paintings 3Stapleton Kearnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53401304103056642932010-08-30T07:52:32.852-04:002010-08-30T07:52:32.852-04:00What a well written series of articles that really...What a well written series of articles that really get to the mitty gritty of how to look at paintings.bvpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804331299617862772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-48428102004683694832010-08-11T01:49:45.612-04:002010-08-11T01:49:45.612-04:00Richard:
Those lambkins are comforting aren't ...Richard:<br />Those lambkins are comforting aren't they? What is it with docents anyway? They must all be related.<br />................StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-69767232252094713212010-08-11T01:48:01.100-04:002010-08-11T01:48:01.100-04:00Michael;
Thanks
........StapeMichael;<br />Thanks<br />........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-37133185762900340812010-08-11T01:47:35.608-04:002010-08-11T01:47:35.608-04:00bill:
Maybe you will let me pick one this fall.
.....bill:<br />Maybe you will let me pick one this fall.<br />.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-16191887693037177062010-08-11T01:47:00.148-04:002010-08-11T01:47:00.148-04:00Durinda:
I am a library criminal.If I take books o...Durinda:<br />I am a library criminal.If I take books out I never get them back on time.So I buy them or read the many books that I already have.<br /><br />...........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-72921529098085503682010-08-11T01:45:42.310-04:002010-08-11T01:45:42.310-04:00Stape;
I don't even think about being contempo...Stape;<br />I don't even think about being contemporary. I just make the paintings the way I want them to look. Some people like them.<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-53582902533946846012010-08-11T01:44:39.904-04:002010-08-11T01:44:39.904-04:00Paul:
I have read Wolflins book. I think that pain...Paul:<br />I have read Wolflins book. I think that painters write the best about art. All of the academics seem to miss the point somehow.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-24059415900477063672010-08-11T01:43:24.790-04:002010-08-11T01:43:24.790-04:00mands
I have never seen that show, or Bravo either...mands<br />I have never seen that show, or Bravo either. I don't do TV, how do you think I find the time to write?<br />.............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-49816606044571918432010-08-11T01:42:28.158-04:002010-08-11T01:42:28.158-04:00Deborah;
It is better to light a single lamb than ...Deborah;<br />It is better to light a single lamb than to curse the darkness.<br />...........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-58067480956698797582010-08-11T01:41:38.069-04:002010-08-11T01:41:38.069-04:00ramon
Thanks.
.........Staperamon <br />Thanks.<br />.........StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-31804098618145725352010-08-10T22:51:44.062-04:002010-08-10T22:51:44.062-04:00You know I was furious about the things you said- ...You know I was furious about the things you said- then I saw the lamb and it really calmed me down enough that I was able to enjoy watching Big Brother. <br />Seriously, these are a great set of posts Stape. This series should be given to the docents at the museums who I have heard too often sharing opinion rather than fact.Richard J. Luschek IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391295820585129843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-33868930729367624062010-08-10T21:24:47.378-04:002010-08-10T21:24:47.378-04:00Great series of posts. Big topic. Thanks Stape!Great series of posts. Big topic. Thanks Stape!MCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10829336755724862105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-66110763534885740132010-08-10T19:58:55.514-04:002010-08-10T19:58:55.514-04:00Thanks again Stape. You dig into areas I've on...Thanks again Stape. You dig into areas I've only scratched on. <br />I love history & geography, so this is incourageing. If it helps <br />define the art, you seem to scout it out.<br /> The honey crisps should be ready <br />Sept./Oct. time, I'll keep you posted!billspaintingmnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18343383719352968590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-21762535721930449122010-08-10T19:31:45.251-04:002010-08-10T19:31:45.251-04:00It's too bad that most art history courses are...It's too bad that most art history courses are taught as "art in the dark" with memorizing dates and titles and not really learning WHY art needs to be studied. Thanks, Stape, for reminding us as artists that ART is bigger than all of us- in the past and forever.<br />Also- I am art book poor and just bought more from the library sale today.Durinda Cheek, Fine Artisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04419537093540606442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-39808820554714250222010-08-10T19:27:18.082-04:002010-08-10T19:27:18.082-04:00Stape,
I recommend your blog to many of the artis...Stape,<br /><br />I recommend your blog to many of the artists in my gallery. It's such a great teaching tool to aspiring painters. All the technical skills of composition and brushwork, etc. are important, but my art history background also stressed that most of the Masters were traditionally breaking new ground with unique concepts that hadn't be used before. I believe painters also need to transcend the technical skills, pouring their heart into work and reaching beyond the past.D. Malcolmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761753316764308864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-83337913792427460022010-08-10T19:03:16.167-04:002010-08-10T19:03:16.167-04:00Anyone looking for an easy to read, very informati...Anyone looking for an easy to read, very informative, engrossing art history book that addresses these ideas couldn't do any better than EH Gombrich "The Story of Art". Reads like a novel. Also good is Wolfllin's "Principles of Art History" but really does read like a haughty college text. Only for the driven. I bet you've read them both Stape. Agree?Paul Birnbaumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733841067773424305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-47483305794919328312010-08-10T18:26:40.504-04:002010-08-10T18:26:40.504-04:00I have enjoyed the "looking at paintings"...I have enjoyed the "looking at paintings" chapters of your blog. You have asked us "why art should matter," and you have done a great job of explaining the complicated subject. Now, because of you, I can get my inspiration from your blog. For a while, I thought I was stuck with watching Bravo's "Work of Art" I know, I know...it's entertainment.mandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12102690772508466319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-14763942626805496542010-08-10T10:32:15.453-04:002010-08-10T10:32:15.453-04:00Mariam:
I AM todays' contemporary art.
..........Mariam:<br />I AM todays' contemporary art.<br />...............StapeStapleton Kearnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00226409516935208164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-32955135054024250802010-08-10T08:59:41.103-04:002010-08-10T08:59:41.103-04:00Here I go again, with the contemporary art thing b...Here I go again, with the contemporary art thing but isn't today' s contemporary art , tomorrows historic art? As you know, I can only pay so much attention to the conventional ( with all due respect) but then it' s time to go on with being here who I am as a painter in our times. I only have this time line to live. So many things to say in a painting, so little time. What will be loss from our lives by not painting it?mariandioguardi.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16963944767715466681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-59474462295300469552010-08-10T08:55:45.547-04:002010-08-10T08:55:45.547-04:00Well said, Stape. I always spend time on art histo...Well said, Stape. I always spend time on art history when teaching classes and workshops and find it opens eyes even more than a demonstration sometimes. And I was particularly happy to see you recommending Emerson. Right now I am rereading Durand's Letters on Landscape and Ruskin's Elements of Drawing, so I am hip deep in the 19th century (where I feel at home).<br /><br />And thanks for that lamb.Deborah Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02242296435365350267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5682081471599286551.post-83519140480682046492010-08-10T03:22:03.238-04:002010-08-10T03:22:03.238-04:00Hey Stape,
I think you're doing the art commu...Hey Stape,<br /><br />I think you're doing the art community a great service by encouraging wider learning. However, you might be opening up Pandora's box here. Just imagine the poor souls who will now live in squalor after spending their life savings on art history books! <br /><br />-RamonRamonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06368066115689857506noreply@blogger.com