tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720084087539855728.post5883710854024950695..comments2023-07-07T06:32:43.264-07:00Comments on Art Matters: What Dreams May ComeMarilyn Baumanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09221864675491721708noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8720084087539855728.post-44210268712569669532012-08-25T14:33:07.671-07:002012-08-25T14:33:07.671-07:00Thanks for your insightful response, Marilyn. But ...Thanks for your insightful response, Marilyn. But you didn't tell us what Scudder missed! [But Agassiz was disappointed, and told him he had missed one of the most conspicuous features.]<br />RE. the Huxley quote: I understand that Steve Jobs attributed much of his creativeness to LSD. "What the rest of us see only under the influence of mescaline, the artist is congenitally equipped to see all the time...." <br />Huxley's quote reminded me of my approach as a docent at the Barnes: As a docent at the Barnes, I began in Room I with the paintings of nudes by Cezanne, Renoir, Matisse, and Seurat. How do we explain the differences? After all, each is painting nude females, but it would be impossible to mistake a Seurat for a Renoir or a Cezanne for a Matisse. I told the group how Barnes defined as what I call “originality.” <br />It "oozes" to use Huxley's term from <br />1. The personality of the artist. <br />2. The artist’s background and experience <br />3. The artist’s mastery of his/her medium. <br />It still distresses me to hear friends call a painting a “work of art” which has no distinguishing features that reveal the painter as a unique person.<br />dmbrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10161630859604294183noreply@blogger.com