Murder Committed By Museums, Galleries and Universities
April 27, 2008 by FineArtRegistry
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Death of a Master’s Soul
Death of a Master’s Soul written by Shaunda Clifton, exposes a terrible crime that is being committed daily. This is singularly a shocking statement but on closer inspection you are bound to agree that what is happening to the masters’ works of art is a tragedy. Cezanne, Rembrandt, Michelangelo and Van Gogh are only a few of the victims of this genocide. Read more
Photography – “The Equivalent Of Painting”
September 9, 2007 by FineArtRegistry
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Photography and Painting are Tied at the Hip
Open Letter To Artists (From An Art Critic) - Part 39
Spoken by a true pioneer of the fine art of photography, Alfred Stieglitz. He is portrayed in an OPEN LETTER TO ARTISTS #39 (From an art critic) by Joan Altebe, as being mentor to the famous photographer Ansel Adams. According to the article, Stieglitz was the first to promote this emerging field as a fine art. Read more
Out On An Insulting Limb When You Photoshop?
August 31, 2007 by FineArtRegistry
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When in Photoshop, proceed with caution.
Open Letter To Artists (From An Art Critic) - Part 38
James Abbott McNeill’s portrait of Arrangement in Gray and Black, Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Van Gogh’s Starry Night – only a few of the paintings that have been used in various ways, commercially and otherwise, to promote a myriad of products. From well known sources – Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, wine producers, national newspapers, to name just a few you – they have been used in a fashion that would make these artists turn over in their respective graves.
Joan Altabe, author of Open Letter To Artists (From An Art Critic) – Part 38, pleads with those tempted to use Photoshop in their creations not to bastardize someone else’s art. Read more