28 Jun
2007
28 Jun
'07
3:21 p.m.
Way to miss the point... I'm not satisfied with
looking at an oil
painting, because it doesn't have the ability to reproduce truly
photorealistic tones. How does that sound?
The relative lack of resolution and colour depth is an artifact of the
medium, just as much as grainy canvas or bleedy watercolours are an
Of coruse. And the artist, if he's any good ;-), will know the
limitations of the medium and will (a) choos the most approriate medium
for the effect he wants and (b) will paint the picture accordingly.
IMHO, if you then translate that picture into another medium (say by
displaying an oil painting on a computer screen) you _do_ lose something.
artifact of other mediums. To say "I don't
like it because the quality
isn't very good" is a bit like saying "I don't like violins because
they
don't have much bass".
And no sane composer would write a piece of music that used violins for
the bass notes :-)
-tony