Happy little claymore mines outside Karen’s house.
Some crimes are unforgivable
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9point6@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
… Why don’t those little trees look so happy any more…?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
They’re gonna make your location their little secret.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
im sorry but this is the most 2018 reddit post ever lmao
moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
not wholesome 100
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
activate instant fall for bait :( sad Keanu noises
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think Bob Ross is a perfect illustration of the big divorce between the art world and the public that happened during the 20th century.
Regular people love Bob Ross because he created paintings that make people feel good. You can find these types of paintings at affordable art markets all over the place as well as on jigsaw puzzles.
The art world decided to turn its nose up at this kind of popular art and pivot toward controversial, shocking, and lazy (looking) art intended to provoke all kinds of responses (many negative). This continues to drive a perception in the public of an artist community that is increasingly elitist and out of touch.
People forget that it wasn’t always this way. Look at masterpieces like the Sistine Chapel frescoes which were intended to inspire awe and reverence in the public, not scorn. Yes, Michelangelo’s technique and artistry was far in excess of Bob Ross’s, but his art was made to be loved by everyone, not just his wealthy patrons. In that respect, Bob Ross is more like Michelangelo than modern artists.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Wow, what a bunch of didn’t happen.
Art has always valued technical skills, however some artists do not need to be particularly technical to convey artistic meaning.
Banksy is a technical artist who also uses creative meanings on his art itself.
Jono (charcoal artist) is HIGHLY technical, has art pieces that are probably more detailed than a literal photograph.
Thomas Schaller, Colin Thompson, and many many many more famous artists with excellent technical skills, all very favored.
Bob Ross teaches beginner’s level technical skills. That means that we can all make our own paintings. It means that it isn’t often expensive to buy those pieces because we can make them. He was teaching people how to paint, that still makes him completely relevant to the art world. It’s just not exactly mentally stimulating once you already know how to paint all those pieces - often artists do things called studies, and then they move on to the next study.
Btw the entire point of those churches and paintings was so the common person felt overwhelmed and unworthy. It wasn’t made for love per se, it was made to give an image of power and divine right.
chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
None of what you said is convincing whatsoever because you cherry picked your examples. How about you try steelmanning Duchamp’s Fountain, Serrano’s Piss Christ, Newman’s Onement VI, or Cattelan’s Comedian? These are all pieces which set the art world on fire with reverence just as they provoked bafflement, bemusement, or exasperation from the public.
You’re also wrong about the Sistine Chapel frescoes. That was the purpose their patron Pope Julius II hoped to achieve. It was defied by Michelangelo (who didn’t like the pope at all), particularly with the anatomical imagery hidden within The Birth of Adam which seems to suggest that God emerged from the human mind. Now his subtle irony may have been lost on almost everyone from his time but it’s not hard to imagine that he hid this Easter egg for future educated citizens to find.
db2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
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ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Bob Ross would be the first to tell you he’s not a super talented artist. That’s the whole point of the show.
Windex007@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think you’re going in the right direction, but I think you still ended up overshooting the runway here.
As much as there was demonstrated techniques, and explanation… the PREMISE was that the act of painting was something you could enjoy.
The title of the show wasn’t “learn to paint”.
LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
It was literally made by Bob Ross to teach everyone how to paint something decent in ~30minutes. Part of that is enjoying the painting process and not getting frustrated. But it was absolutely instructional, he gave specific colors and techniques because he was teaching us how to paint…