Re: Naturalism? 734 by Anwar M. Shaikh on 08/03/01 at 11:49 AM
Re: Naturalism?

In Reply to: Naturalism? posted by Sarah Price on 07/05/01 at 1:49 PM:

: Hi,

: Yet another question. I went to the American Society of Classical Realism site where I was admiring the work of Allan Banks, a painter in the "naturalist" tradition. Exactly what is this tradition? Is it alla prima painting that records the colors we see naturally, not necessarily impressionistically, but not local color theory either?

: I'm dying to know.

Sarah, I am thinking that the Naturalists were essentially Tonal Artists. Tonalism was a tradition of painting that approached color by way of light and dark. The result was often softly colored visions which felt more "natural" than say photographs. Since there is an absence of jarring bright color the harmony allowed for relaxed viewing and tus appreciation. The problem with all this is that the naturalists were given the name rather than establishing it themselves. Also, in that age of Industrialization every thing had to have an "ism" attached to it or it was not concidered an innovation and thus "Real" art. First came the Ancient Greek School which was essentially Classic Realism, next came The Venetion School which was essentially Classic Realism put to story telling, Next the Renaissance which found Ultramarine Blue and a new attitude. After that it gets a little lost with small movements borowwing from the past while introducing new ideas. The Naturalists essentially went back to the Ancient Greek School but depicted thier current environment as they saw it. Occasionally an artist would use a particular addition of colors and be known for that but mostly they stayed away from new pigments.




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Hi, Yet another question. I went to the American Society of Classical Realism site where I was admiring the work of Allan Banks, a painter in the "naturalist" tradition. Exactly what is this tradition? Is it alla prima painting that records the colors we see naturally, not necessarily impressionistically, but not local color theory either? I'm dying to know. : Sarah, I am thinking that the Naturalists were essentially Tonal Artists. Tonalism was a tradition of painting that approached color by way of light and dark. The result was often softly colored visions which felt more "natural" than say photographs. Since there is an absence of jarring bright color the harmony allowed for relaxed viewing and tus appreciation. The problem with all this is that the naturalists were given the name rather than establishing it themselves. Also, in that age of Industrialization every thing had to have an "ism" attached to it or it was not concidered an innovation and thus "Real" art. First came the Ancient Greek School which was essentially Classic Realism, next came The Venetion School which was essentially Classic Realism put to story telling, Next the Renaissance which found Ultramarine Blue and a new attitude. After that it gets a little lost with small movements borowwing from the past while introducing new ideas. The Naturalists essentially went back to the Ancient Greek School but depicted thier current environment as they saw it. Occasionally an artist would use a particular addition of colors and be known for that but mostly they stayed away from new pigments.

 
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