Miller is trying to annoy me to the point where I put down my beer and punch him out through the computer. KAZOOM POW SPLAT!
He's well over his head on this Titian topic and on anything having to do with serious art historical study. He actually believes his gut instincts have authority. If that were the case why isn't he broadly published and why isn't he recognized as a sort of new Vasari whenever he goes to a museum? Why hasn't he been elevated to some learned society or at least sought out by young artists and art scholars? Yes, there is a difference between blustery private opinion and informed art historical commentary. I guess he's trying to intimidate my artistic intelligence as if knowledge and ability is a detriment and because I'm not an ignorant, unread, non-seeing dummy and that's what he fears and needs to abuse. Stupidity is not a virtue in my world and speaking from the heart is not lessened by knowledge and acuity. Incidentally, quite a few artists are like me, educated and alert to art history, artist's works both then and now, and they too can read and write as well as paint and draw, etc. Miller shouldn't try to take me on with art history or art in culture or impugn my studio practice from an anti-intellectual shadow. The turn here to anti-intellectualism is vulgar to me. Do we encourage it? wc ________________________________ From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, April 6, 2009 11:21:53 AM Subject: Re: Judging the late Titian Explicit argument should never convince anyone (especially those who are serious) concerning the success or failure of a composition. And no value, positive or negative, can accompany the recognition of a "well-recognized Albertian and Leonardesque triangular figural composition and Raphaelite "dynamic linear composition" and other tropes of Renaissance art." I find Mando's verbal response interesting, not because I agree with it, but because it's an honest expression of how he feels and we know the kind of work he does and how he talks about art and aesthetics. While I find William's verbal response problematic because he is so enmeshed in academic authority, he's wary of contradicting it. Indeed, I wonder whether he even allows himself to feel the work of iconic masters without looking over his shoulder at what the respected authorities have written. ____________________________________________________________ Start a Web Site! Hosting for only $3.95/mo. Free setup! http://offers.netzero.net/TGL1231/?u=http://www.freeservers.com
