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fuck_the_fuckin_mods t1_iu5rqkx wrote

Reply to comment by dofffman in Piet Mondrian artwork displayed upside down for 75 years by Superbuddhapunk

I find that much weirder than liking the abstract stuff TBH. If it’s indistinguishable from photography, isn’t the reference photograph the actual art in the first place? It’s just been enlarged using a human printer.

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empfindsamkeit t1_iu68pmh wrote

It doesn't literally have to be a painting of a photograph, right? It's just an aesthetic. If such a photo did exist, it would look more or less like it.

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fuck_the_fuckin_mods t1_iu69kay wrote

It doesn’t have to but it generally is. As an aesthetic I’m fine with it (just don’t find it particularly interesting) but most of the drawings/paintings that I see online are definitely working from a photo.

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dofffman t1_iu6na90 wrote

nope because the painting itself never existed in reality. I especially like the one with the guy being beckoned on into a lake with nymphs.

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