Comments on: Development of Visual Memory in the Arts http://atelierartisanal.com/2009/07/23/development-of-memory-in-the-arts/ a place for artists to exchange information relating to technique Fri, 11 Nov 2011 16:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: More Musings on Memory « Atelierartisanal’s Blog http://atelierartisanal.com/2009/07/23/development-of-memory-in-the-arts/#comment-58 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:13:08 +0000 http://atelierartisanal.com/?p=365#comment-58 [...] 27, 2009 An interesting coincidence of events occurred in mid-nineteenth century France: Lecoq’s discovery of a systematic way to develop (human) visual memory to a high degree of acc…followed perhaps ten years after the French Academy of Sciences recognized the patent application of [...]

]]> By: atelierartisanal http://atelierartisanal.com/2009/07/23/development-of-memory-in-the-arts/#comment-55 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 08:01:58 +0000 http://atelierartisanal.com/?p=365#comment-55 Oh, yes, do check it out. I think it is important to critically evaluate the influence photography has had upon the visual attention span of humanity.

It might also be why the 20th century art world had to become abstract? But like the Taming of the Wild Ox in the Ten Oxherding Pictures from Zen, finally there is a return to the market place.

]]> By: lookingforbeauty http://atelierartisanal.com/2009/07/23/development-of-memory-in-the-arts/#comment-54 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 07:26:53 +0000 http://atelierartisanal.com/?p=365#comment-54 Thanks so much for this information. I haven’t checked it out yet, but when one knows that Fantin Latour was influenced by his work, it must be important.
I am always amazed by the brilliance of work that was done before photography became prevalent. Either the artist had to have a steel trap mind for details or make some poor model stand there for hours on end while he drew them.
K
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