Yes. And they all have a model. Yet there are always options to claim something else as if it were a chair, table, train, etc., and even to use it as such. A boulder is used as a chair; a chair is made to look like a boulder, and so on. You'll note that even in these cases there are at least three separate things: the boulder as if it were a chair, an actual chair, the mental images of a chair and a boulder merged.
WC ----- Original Message ---- From: ARMANDO BAEZA <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 11:50:13 PM Subject: Re: Pictorial Realism as Verity i would assume that dragons, being a man made object like the sounds of instruments all other man made objects would be good candidates for Art making. chairs/stools/ tables/dishes/ trains, etc ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 2:58:54 PM Subject: Pictorial Realism as Verity Conger's objections to representing things which don't exist in nature are met in the essay by John Kulvicki,published in the summer 2006 issue of the Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism,which is available on JSTOR,itself probably part of the electronic resources of many public libraries by entering your library card number. This essay specifically mentions dragons. Kate Sullivan
