I was reading this essay for my dissertation, but there were some interesting points made that directly link to my practice.
Squinting at this picture, we see a technological revolution, using a satellite to climb above the mountain, computers to capture the image, and pixels, not paint, to portray the scene.
But we also see a decline in passion, a withdrawal from the subjective, a tendency to find beauty in the elegance of mathematics, optical resolution, and orbital mechanics…rather than personal experience, or nature.
http://museumzero.blogspot.com/2018/12/american-scenery-thomas-cole-vs-nasa.html
Is contemplating art like contemplating the scenery?
Like nature, Cole argues, art affects our heart, our intellect, and our spirit.
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How? They help us grasp “the past, the present, and the future—so they give the mind a foretaste of its immortality.”
http://museumzero.blogspot.com/2018/12/american-scenery-thomas-cole-vs-nasa.html
Georgina Harris 