tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post8973791777794290488..comments2024-03-26T09:45:42.475+05:30Comments on Looking at Cartoons, Getting Along: Lucky us, some of them find Édouard Manet's fingers!Aniruddha G. Kulkarnihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09246236261997672943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post-12926546871775958562012-01-25T10:57:51.143+05:302012-01-25T10:57:51.143+05:30Thanks J.
I feel "finding another's or on...Thanks J.<br />I feel "finding another's or one's own fingers in pockets" means getting inspired by that person. It's like another expression 'standing on the shoulders of giants'.<br />Yes, one may add incisiveness to the characteristics of a good cartoon.<br />There is no indigenous classification of Indian art a la European art. <br />Sad. But when have we last paid attention to the visual arts as a critical aspect of our culture?<br />There are a couple of posts on this aspect. Most notably you may want to read http://searchingforlaugh.blogspot.com/2010/11/picture-blindness-old-epidemic-among.html<br /><br />best,Aniruddha G. Kulkarnihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09246236261997672943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37823526.post-4065135286175874922012-01-25T10:38:34.328+05:302012-01-25T10:38:34.328+05:30I am wondering what "finding another's or...I am wondering what "finding another's or one's own fingers in pockets" means? Does it refer to inspiration?<br />And yes, you are so right about cartoons and their conciseness - and I will add incisiveness too!<br />On another note - because you mention that you have chased pictures and drawings and paintings - I am sure you know about romanticism, naturalism, and the many isms - they periods of trends in art and even society, mostly European! I have always wondered if Indian art is ever explained or lends itself to such a classification? A classification based on social and political context of art - were there ever any such movements in the Arts (literature, painting, music, dance) in India? I wonder...Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10944767502215014035noreply@blogger.com