Re: Questions About Artistic Styles

On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 18:33:32 GMT, ray...@number.net wrote:

>In the various arts, historians like to put things into groups of
>styles - sometimes reflecting techniques, or historical periods, etc.
>I do not have the proper education to discuss this more thoroughly,
>other that to point out some of the basics - realism, impressionism,
>abstract expression, etc, etc. Perhaps another dimension would be
>along the lines of - formalism, pointalism, etc.
>
>I have been following your group for quite a while and it occurs to me
>that ascii art could be subjected to similar analyses.
>
>Does anyone care to discuss this? Maybe provide some examples of the
>various schools? or techniques?

I will elaborate to see if I can get this ball rolling:

Much of your work is two-dimensional - like ancient Egyptian works.
The is a more sophisticated trend toward 3rd dimension with
perspective.

Much of your work is a striving for formal realism - that is, you try
to make a pic of an object that looks like the object. But there also
are works that are more abstract and impressionistic.

Somewhere in all this, there is a growing new wave school - hard to
characterize.

There are asian influences. There is a type of minimalism often in
your sigs.

The are outline and infill methods.

etc. etc.

rayo

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