tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722722315660831538.post3992809678779902819..comments2023-03-14T07:26:07.294-07:00Comments on Eye With A View: warhol, illustration, commercial, fine, art art artGail Siptakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848344673721866568noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722722315660831538.post-30348722386845833662008-04-15T17:58:00.000-07:002008-04-15T17:58:00.000-07:00That's a good way to put it, Sarah, I agree.That's a good way to put it, Sarah, I agree.Gail Siptakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848344673721866568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4722722315660831538.post-71951364552278956342008-04-15T10:38:00.000-07:002008-04-15T10:38:00.000-07:00Firstly: I love your drawings and paintings - fabu...Firstly: I love your drawings and paintings - fabulous!<BR/><BR/>Secondly - this whole art v illustration thing is for me simply a product of how we view art in the current climate: historically almost all art was illustration - of the bible, of the Greek myths etc, later came commissioned portraits, landscapes and in the 19thC the rise of the individual (which of course coincides with the industrial revolution and the rise of mechanical reproduction)which leads to the rise of individual expression and the idea of 'the artist' as we now know it. This is the argument I always put forward if ever anyone argues illustration is 'not' art...Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05394200634221634534noreply@blogger.com