In a message dated 8/12/12 5:16:26 PM, [email protected] writes:
> The difference you cite between "put-in-ers" and "take-out-ers" reminds > me of > the difference between the Poussinistes and Rubenistes, that is, between > paintings of clearly delineated objects and scenes (Poussin) and paints > with > bravura brushwork and blurred outlines (Rubens). > There's a ton to say on this subject. The contrast I might draw is between two of my favorite illustrator-portraitists of recent times -- Al Hirschfeld and (no rock-throwing, please) Norman Rockwell. Just the other night a friend quoted a remark by a taker-outer modern poet (perhaps Frost?). He said: "There are no long poems."
