FAH245H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Gerrit Dou, Robert Bechtle, Ornans
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The question of realism is, in some way, at the heart of what painting is supposed to be about. The human being is enticed by what is not momentarily apparent, wants to see what is promised to be behind the curtain . Distinction between material and immaterial worlds, and the difference between perception and the active imagination. Artists are able to provide multiple layers of reality to demonstrate their ability as painters. Netherlands in the 17th century (beat his rival rembrandt in terms of pay: his ability to create an eye-fooling picture that has within it its own realistic relationship with space. "61 pontiac by robert bechtle (1968: period of hyper realism was populat in the 1960"s, california painter that paints meticulously rendered paintings that appear to be photographs, picture that achieves the highest conceivable point of realism. Thore, 1863: not any longer that the prince in his golden robes will be the exclusive subject in painting, contemporaneity.
