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.

Friday, February 10, 2012

Howard Pyle Exhibit Catalog Gripes

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The Delaware Art Museum has an exhibit (November 12, 2011 – March 4, 2012) dealing with famed illustrator Howard Pyle (1853-1911). It op...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

John Berkey Featured in Illustration

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It's pile-on time. Illustration magazine just came out with its 36th issue which features ace illustrator John Berkey (1932-2008) and...
Monday, February 6, 2012

In the Beginning: Robert Fawcett

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Up until now, the items I've posted on early works by artists dealt with painters -- mostly modernists who began their careers painting ...
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Friday, February 3, 2012

Architectural Training: Penn in the 1950s with Louis Kahn

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Richards Medical Research Laboratories , University of Pennsylvania, 1965, Louis Kahn, architect. A while ago I stumbled across this book ...
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Flawed Golden Age Ad Art

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Some observers place the Golden Age of American Illustration from the last few years of the 19th century up through the first two decades of...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Example: Wrong-Era Hairstyle

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My impression is that the practice of fashion conformity unraveled around 40 years ago. While it's possible to identify characteristics...
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Friday, January 27, 2012

Lexus Goes for Baroque

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Among the many technical advances over the years related to automobiles has been the capability of stamping sheet steel into increasingly el...
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Donald Pittenger
Seattle, Washington
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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