“From today, painting is dead” French artist Paul Delaroche supposedly declared when first viewing an early photograph in 1840. This oft-cited quip has never been confirmed. And whether it was uttered or not, Delaroche seems to have quickly changed his mind.
Really fun history lesson! I've enjoyed writing about Daguerre and how everything changed in the world of art (and, well, everything else) around that time, and yet art is still art.
Samuel Morse On Photography as Artistic Superpower
Really fun history lesson! I've enjoyed writing about Daguerre and how everything changed in the world of art (and, well, everything else) around that time, and yet art is still art.