"Artistic Genius" does not exist. Scratch the paint and you'll find
- A small child who was enthusiastically encouraged by caregivers when they showed an interest in art
-The child of artists
-The idle rich with all the time in the world to practice
-Trolls forgiven by history.
- A small child who was enthusiastically encouraged by caregivers when they showed an interest in art
-The child of artists
-The idle rich with all the time in the world to practice
-Trolls forgiven by history.
https://twitter.com/XRAY32P/status/1478675217941680131
I'm serious about that last one, too. Fauvists? Trolling. Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood? Trolling. Impressionists? Rich AND trolling. Futurists? Biggest trolls ever.
"Pft, Spike, Michelangelo carved The Pietà at age 24!"
Yes, after a childhood with a stonemason, extensive practice, apprenticeship at *age 13* to a master fresco painter, & instruction at a magnet school set up by the goddang Medici family.
You'd probably be pretty good, too.
Yes, after a childhood with a stonemason, extensive practice, apprenticeship at *age 13* to a master fresco painter, & instruction at a magnet school set up by the goddang Medici family.
You'd probably be pretty good, too.
My opinion on the concept of what most folks refer to as "genius" or "prodigies" has been shaped by experiments of László Polgár, who decided to raise his three daughters as chess grand champions, and succeeded.
See also: The Williams Sisters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1sz…
See also: The Williams Sisters.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A1sz…
This is a niche parenting method, but it's one being practiced all over the globe. The fathers of Naomi Osaka and Tiger Woods did the same thing.
And if you dig, the internet is FULL of single-digit-age "prodigy" painters, using the grid method to draw-paint photo-realistic portraits/still lifes/landscapes. ALL are marketed as geniuses by their stage parents.
*coughs gently* 
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