Epitomize? Why just history of painting? Which history of painting? One could say that anything a human does epitomizes the history of humankind. The Butler statement is one that at first seems good and then it dissolves into vapor when examined closely. wc
----- Original Message ---- From: joseph berg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 7:45:26 PM Subject: Re: b His concerns and interests are all extremely contemporary, yet he chose to use a painting technique that was nearly 200 years old. We kept asking him why.b Doesn't this apply to Shultz?: - If an art student is to do any good, his development will epitomize the history of painting. Samuel Butler On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 12:30 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > explain. > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: joseph berg <[email protected]> > To: aesthetics-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, November 3, 2010 > 5:17:51 PM > Subject: b His concerns and interests are all extremely > contemporary, yet he > chose to use a painting technique that was nearly 200 > years old. We kept asking > him why.b > > And what's wrong with THAT?: > > http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2010/10/91662/northwestern-alum-ryan-shult > z-on-his-break-into-bravo/ > > > - In the expression of the emotions, originality > merits the first > consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones. > Fujiwara no Teika
