Mando, I am not talking of distortion or resemblance of the face type. Those thinks don't bother me. Those could be good things if they executed with talent, skills and have elements of the rich tradition. Boris Shoshensky
-- armando baeza <[email protected]> wrote: Boris. My first barber that cut my hair was an older Japanese lady that this face reminds me of . It's not a distortion, just a face type you may not resemble what you are use to seeing. I lived among many oriental people all my life. I agree, as art the design is terrible to my sense ,also. mando On Feb 2, 2009, at 7:26 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Chris, print is bad. Face is incompetent and in poor taste, hands > are better, > but too western. Painful hybrid. Composition is dead. > Boris Shoshensky > > -- "Chris Miller" <[email protected]> wrote: > So.... is there anyone here who has a positive response to this image? > > http://www.ukiyoe-gallery.com/detail-d417.htm > > Or, does everyone concur with William: "That's gotta be the worst > Japanese > print I've ever seen, by far, far, far." ? > > If so --- why ? Can anyone attempt to explain such a judgment ? > > The artist, Yumeji Takehisa, seems to be both highly skilled as > well as > innovative (i.e. he came way before Gary Trudeau) -- and we have > an image > that others, like myself, may rate as much better: > > http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Kurofuneya.JPG > > > Why is that girl with the Gary Trudeau eyes so much worse ? > > Such an explanation, whatever it might be, would be very important > to the > study of aesthetics -- would it not ? > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Not making enough money? Click here to get free info on medical jobs > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/ > PnY6rc1l8rF8HygaZNW0U0y32lfv1a > h0Avv1ivyFIfTz4TeRs9M3q/
