Comments on: Fresco restored

By: Guest

Guest — Sat, 25 Aug 2012 17:51:00 +0000

Bah. My granny could do that.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:30:00 +0000

No worries, it gave me an opportunity to showcase the level of maturity and high mindedness I can bring to a discussion. (c;

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:14:00 +0000

Sorry if I didn’t get your sarcasm. But if you ever taught art you might wonder WTF some of your students were looking at. And don’t get me started on their critiques of their fellow students work.

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:34:00 +0000

Dlo, I know what a portfolio is (however you put it more poetically than I would have). My question was is there a way to quantify (for lack of a better word) the levels of perceptive ability each individual has (not that my perception is better or worse than yours, for instance. Just different). Apparently the church’s priest saw her renovation the same way she did, while enough people saw no resemblance to the original and questioned the artistic ability in her version that it made it to the internet. Do we all see things the same way? How do our visions differ? If there is a difference is it genetic, cultural, how is it effected by technology or tradition, etc?

By: robuluz

robuluz — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 00:23:00 +0000

Ooooooohhhhh. I get it. To the woman it might look just like the original, not to us. Whooosh. That just went straight over my head. I feel like a real idiot now. Anyway, I hope someone with better comprehension skills is able to give you the answer you seek, and I also hope the full humorectomy works out for you.

By: Clifton

Clifton — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 16:28:00 +0000

I prefer the version by The Burning Sensations.

By: Petzl

Petzl — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 15:34:00 +0000

You snarky people are being way too hard on her. How is she going to get better unless she practices?

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:46:00 +0000

Yes, to the woman it might look just like the original. That was my question re: how do we individually percieve things we are looking at? Do we see things exactly the same way? You’ll have to explain how ageism and sexism come into it.

By: Jonathan Roberts

Jonathan Roberts — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 14:23:00 +0000

Now all the parents will start bringing their children to the front of the church before the service: “Jesus knows what you did last night, Eduardo”.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 13:17:00 +0000

Yeah this is really blowing up on my dash

My favorite so far
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m96jreqA8e1qzmowao1_500.jpg

By: sean

sean — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 10:53:00 +0000

DIY. We all support that concept, right? She’s got the spirit of a Maker.

By: blueelm

blueelm — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:55:00 +0000

I feel a little guilty for laughing at this. I could see this being a feature in the plot of a Pedro Almodovar film.

By: silus

silus — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:19:00 +0000

Needs tumblr :
http://beastjesus.tumblr.com/

EDIT: And http://www.facebook.com/BeastJesusRestorationSociety

By: Melinda9

Melinda9 — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 09:02:00 +0000

Mouths are hard.

By: Marios P.

Marios P. — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 07:39:00 +0000

well at least that can silence the creativists for a few days at least. Evolution rocks

By: CH

CH — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:34:00 +0000

Ouch! Apparently she wanted one to match the scroll above the picture.

But that link said that she apparently scrubbed first paint off… and yes… from this link you can see the original picture, taken in 2010:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/9491391/Elderly-woman-destroys-19th-century-fresco-with-DIY-restoration.html

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02316/painting-fresco_2316720b.jpg

The original was pretty much ok, until she started her “restoration”.

By: CH

CH — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:24:00 +0000

Brainspore:
*cough* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso_(song) *cough*

(I prefer the David Bowie version)

By: CH

CH — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 06:18:00 +0000

Doesn’t sound like it was that ancient, if the painter’s granddaughter had just donated money for the restoration of the picture.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:47:00 +0000

http://www.intothemangrove.com/2012/08/08/into-the-mangrove-006-dawn-of-man/

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:44:00 +0000

The portfolio is a presentation of how each artist sees or perceives.

By: robuluz

robuluz — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:40:00 +0000

I, errrm, well… OK. Sorry, what?

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:31:00 +0000

See, that’s what I was asking, sort of. You have the before and after images of the fresco. When you look at them do you see any difference at all between them ? You have the original version right in front of you and you ask if OUR perspective is skewed, ageist, and sexist. I don’t want to sound mean, but were you home schooled?

By: robuluz

robuluz — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:19:00 +0000

Maybe it does look exactly like the original version, and our perspective is skewed. We might just be ageist and sexist!

By: rachel ten bruggencate

rachel ten bruggencate — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:17:00 +0000

Shit, now we’ll never know what Jesus looked like.

By: ben_4149

ben_4149 — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 05:02:00 +0000

Yep

By: rattypilgrim

rattypilgrim — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:59:00 +0000

How does presenting a portfolio answer any of my questions? Do you know what a non sequitor is?

By: mothernatureseven

mothernatureseven — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:40:00 +0000

I think that once after an all night acid trip I woke up with this woman next to me in bed. tufts of hair grew out the crack of her @ss. I swore off acid for a week.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:39:00 +0000

Well typically with art things you need to present a portfolio of previous works.

By: Dlo Burns

Dlo Burns — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:37:00 +0000

well the commode is usually where I try to talk to god, especially after a night of cheap wings and beer.

By: mothernatureseven

mothernatureseven — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 04:37:00 +0000

mod dressed monkeys were an off shoot of British punk of the mid 80s