CURATION OF INSPIRATION | Art History and Contemporary Art

If you want to learn about COMPOSITION, LIGHT, MOOD, EMOTION, DEPTH, and SUBJECT POSING AND GESTURE, spend some time looking at the masters of classical painting. My appreciation for classical artwork and my background in art history has had an enormous impact on my aesthetic sensibilities. The masterpieces can help you understand formal ideals of beauty, symbolism, archetypes, and the continuity of the human condition. These elements can be discussed theoretically at length, but nothing replicates the emotional transcendence that sweeps over you when looking at something truly spectacular.

OPHELIA

(1851–1852)

John Everett Millais

In the same regard, you can learn a lot from contemporary ...

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