Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Influenced by



1.Kunisada’s print, the Series of Famous restaurants of the present day, Untitled 15x9.75,1820

2.Whistler’s painting, Arrangement in Grey and Black N.1:
The Artist’s Mother, 1872

3.White’s photograph, The Mirror, 1912

The pictures have similarities in their works.
Using the perspective of Japanese prints suggests limited depth to emphasize the position of the subject in relation to the background. All of them have picture frames or windows at the top of the work and minimized pictorial elements.

Clarence H. White was an Amerian photographer and he was a member of Photo-Secession which was the name of a group of photographers that promoted the Pictorialism, a fine-art approach to photograph. Clarence White's The Mirrior chracterized by his use of light and nonphotographic effects - tried to make a photograph look like a painting.

Whistler was influenced by Japanese prints. White was influenced by both.
Artists are always aware of other artists and inspired by them and in turn inspire others.

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