This is interesting: "...a distinctly modern perspective on life, someone who documents the world around them rather than depicting an ideal."
I walk daily in the countryside around my town, and take a lot of photos to capture some of what I see in nature. That seems such a "normal" thing to do, and even putting aside the modern convenience of a phone with a camera, I had never thought about this as a modern perspective on life.
As I read your statement, I thought about it in the context of various art movements. Although many modern styles became more abstract, their focus does seem to be on capturing real moments in everyday life. By comparison, while the Renaissance styles did exchange the old 2D iconography for something more realistic, they did so in a very idealistic way. Although they were striving to represent the human form in realistic detail, it was somehow akin to what we see in fashion magazines...as if every man looked like David and every woman Venus.
I'm not sure my countryside walks make me a true flâneur, but I'll take the title at least in spirit.
Great Julian, I’m glad to read you 🙏🏼
This is interesting: "...a distinctly modern perspective on life, someone who documents the world around them rather than depicting an ideal."
I walk daily in the countryside around my town, and take a lot of photos to capture some of what I see in nature. That seems such a "normal" thing to do, and even putting aside the modern convenience of a phone with a camera, I had never thought about this as a modern perspective on life.
As I read your statement, I thought about it in the context of various art movements. Although many modern styles became more abstract, their focus does seem to be on capturing real moments in everyday life. By comparison, while the Renaissance styles did exchange the old 2D iconography for something more realistic, they did so in a very idealistic way. Although they were striving to represent the human form in realistic detail, it was somehow akin to what we see in fashion magazines...as if every man looked like David and every woman Venus.
I'm not sure my countryside walks make me a true flâneur, but I'll take the title at least in spirit.
It certainly does inspire me to become a flâneur. Love your work.