jesus, what a crackpot.

[cimorene]

stop david hockney rewriting art history.

this guy's gone on major news tv trying to claim it's impossible to paint or draw to life without tracing projections and suchlike, and that all the great masters of art have used such devices.

um.

uh.

yeah.  i'll just...

:boggle:

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[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, WTF is up with this site's equally crackpot notion that signing a petition can in any way discredit an historical theory? It's not the sort of thing that is determined by vote. Only evidence can do that.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

it's a bad slogan. apparently they want equal air time for the more acceptable theories. i suppose they don't want constant tv watchers who are really gullible to all suddenly start believing him... .

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. Of course, gullible constant TV watchers don't really tend to go for yer fine arts programs.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

i don't claim it makes sense, but artists generally feel that way. the world of art teachers is saturated with indignation at not being taken seriously by the wider world. my mother practically steams when she talks about funding for arts education, or the fact that music gets more in the local schools... .