/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>3221017
I NEVER SAID REALISTIC
fuck's sake

The cave paintings in Lascoux aren't realistic
The centaurs fighting hoplites on the Parthenon aren't realistic
The fishermen running from sea creatures in Hokusai aren't realistic
The illuminations of the Book of Kells aren't realistic

Yet they all speak in the worldwide, universal language developed and instinctually used in the uniquely human translation of the world around us and the ethereal contents of the human condition, from its fatal flaws to its highest ideals, the universal appeal and lizard brain attraction or revulsion from certain forms and the higher cognitive functions of our best and most talented examples of our species

Modern artists think they're above engaging with this language, and it all stems from the old Torah, Midrash and Talmudic dislike of the gentile's idealisation, self reflection, pride and exultation of the natural form