Art Contrarian

A blog about about painting, design and other aspects of aesthetics along with a dash of non-art topics. The point-of-view is that modernism in art is an idea that has, after a century or more, been thoroughly tested and found wanting. Not to say that it should be abolished -- just put in its proper, diminished place.

Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Future Clothing Styles From the 1930s

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What might The World of the Future be like? For instance, what sorts of clothing will people wear? That great philosopher and New York Ya...
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Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Dan Sayre Groesbeck: Illustrator, Muralist, Man of Mystery

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Dan Sayre Groesbeck (1879 - 1950), illustrator, muralist and Hollywood movie industry artist, was born and died in California, is known to h...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Albert Whitlock, Matte Master

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Nowadays, computer-generated images are used. But up into the 1980s, movie sets and settings were expanded to fill up the screen via painti...
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Monday, July 29, 2013

Hal Phyfe's Pastel and Camera Portraits

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Hal Phyfe (1892-1968), according to this report : "Great Grandson of Duncan Phyfe, the iconic furniture designer of the early republic,...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013

Molti Ritratti: Gloria Swanson

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Gloria Swanson (1899-1983) was a legendary movie star whose career was at its height during the 1920s and early 30s. An extensive biographi...
Wednesday, June 19, 2013

Unconvincing Matte Paintings

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Nowadays computer graphics are used, especially if the entire film is digitized. But up to around 20 years ago, the production costs of mo...
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Donald Pittenger
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Undergraduate art major. Ph.D. in Sociology, Demography from a fancy Ivy university. Software system and user interface designer and programmer. Writing about art and design on the Internet since 2005. Email: dbpittenger (at) earthlink.net

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