May
30
The demise of technique
Finally catching up with things after the exhibition. Here's another illustration blog,ILLUSTRATION ART, a sharply observed insight on the lost craft of technique.
It got me thinking. (Here we go, another grumble...)
It's been suggested that the two world wars basically destroyed the skills of finish and technique for illustrators, (you know, the "craft" part of Arts & Crafts), though the 20th Century was pretty much of a helter-skelter for creativity even without two titanic struggles in the middle. I think it has more to do with the rise of sliced bread, photography, and Andy Warhol's "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" but I won't delve into sociology here too deeply.
It got me thinking. (Here we go, another grumble...)
It's been suggested that the two world wars basically destroyed the skills of finish and technique for illustrators, (you know, the "craft" part of Arts & Crafts), though the 20th Century was pretty much of a helter-skelter for creativity even without two titanic struggles in the middle. I think it has more to do with the rise of sliced bread, photography, and Andy Warhol's "everyone will be famous for 15 minutes" but I won't delve into sociology here too deeply.