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<blockquote data-quote="WayneF" data-source="post: 210803" data-attributes="member: 12496">Wow!&nbsp; I'm impressed. We are certainly on very different levels in any artistic regard.I am the last one that should give any art opinion, but I suspect Picasso was just having a good laugh at us.&nbsp;&nbsp; We have seen several of the great museums and Vatican in Europe, and mostly, I just don't get all of it, not the appeal today.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; I can appreciate the development in the older work, perspective and media and even styles in some degree, but mostly I just don't get the great reverence shown for it today.&nbsp; &nbsp; I suspect it is mostly a collector thing.&nbsp; &nbsp; Michelangelo was easier of course, but I saw stuff in Rijksmuseum by (to me) obscure names, about same dates, that I thought stood out way ahead of Rembrandt and such.&nbsp; Obviously not a correct opinion. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; The old B.C. sculptures were fantastic though, that even then they could do this.I am not aware that Rembrandt or Michelangelo cropped their work, so maybe you may have something.&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp;&nbsp; But to me, cropping is a very strong and major tool.&nbsp; If it needs it, do it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WayneF, post: 210803, member: 12496"] Wow! I'm impressed. We are certainly on very different levels in any artistic regard. I am the last one that should give any art opinion, but I suspect Picasso was just having a good laugh at us. We have seen several of the great museums and Vatican in Europe, and mostly, I just don't get all of it, not the appeal today. I can appreciate the development in the older work, perspective and media and even styles in some degree, but mostly I just don't get the great reverence shown for it today. I suspect it is mostly a collector thing. Michelangelo was easier of course, but I saw stuff in Rijksmuseum by (to me) obscure names, about same dates, that I thought stood out way ahead of Rembrandt and such. Obviously not a correct opinion. :) The old B.C. sculptures were fantastic though, that even then they could do this. I am not aware that Rembrandt or Michelangelo cropped their work, so maybe you may have something. :) But to me, cropping is a very strong and major tool. If it needs it, do it. [/QUOTE]

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