One idea I have for my senior project besides the contemporary Jesus thing is paintings of naked men. Because I think naked men are pretty, and, compared to all the "fine" artwork of naked women, there aren't enough paintings of themThis means that I'm always looking for an opportunity to render naked men. Recently, I took a figural sculpture class ( Read more... )

(Warning: historical generalizations ahead.) Medieval European artists depicted Biblical stories with the characters in local, contemporary clothes and local ancestry. So, in 12th century Italy, or whatever, Jesus and angels looked like 12th century Italian savior and angels. People also thought it would be cool if they were backdropped by fancy ( Read more... )

Rambling. Qualification: I love Star Trek, but I dis it here ( Read more... )