>>185735
to take >>185739 comparison, i think hitler took much more time and pains to paint that than schiele and hrdlicka. i think this also reflects the painter himself. he's not satisfied with an easy painting to express what he feels. he has to draw a detailed scenery. i don't agree with nazism, but hitler was surely a man not of his time and this shows.
take this renaissance painting for example. there's an INSANE attention to detail down to the way the clothes fold. the musculature, and also the flora. and this is just background to the whole scenery and the symbolism. it's almost like the painter is showing he is so full he has life to spare, he's playing with us or showing off like a king so rich he just throws gold coins to the streets. but today we just get the symbolism and we want the symbolism, the "emotion" immediately.
why did we get rid of this detail? of this playing around the symbolism? did the artist stop being so rich? he has nothing to share anymore because he can't even fill himself. and that's our world as a whole today.