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Here We Are Together
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Observational discussions about art, literature, television, places, and life in general. <br/><br/><a href="https://sarahcarpenter.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast">sarahcarpenter.substack.com</a>
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June 10, 2024
Are Casts and Prints Art
<p>In the quiet corners of the online forum of Northern Renaissance Art: Durer to Bruegel c1480-c1580 through the Oxford Department of Continuing Education, we were asked if prints could be considered “real art”. I vehemently stated that yes, of course, they are real art. I had a good argument for it too. And by the way, they weren’t quiet corners. There were lots of very long paragraphs of arguing between students in those forums.</p><p></p><p>When you’re a photographer, prints and prints in books are the only physical manifestation of your art. How could I not defend them? But in the class, we were actually talking about prints of paintings. In the Northern Renaissance, prints were created in a way that needed skill to create, by using woodcutting or other print-making skills that I am currently blanking on (way to show your retention of the material, Sarah). I still felt that you could be looking at the artwork when looking at a print created in this way.</p><p>But then we went to the Victoria and Albert Museum and walked around the room of casts— replicas of famous sculptures, altarpieces, tombstones, and even Trajan’s Column. We stood in front of Michaelangelo’s David. It was massive and magnificent, but the minute I found out it was a cast, the balloon popped. It felt like the sculpture deflated slightly. How snobby of me. I truly tried to see it for what it is, for the details of the original. I tried to appreciate that this cast had been created by making a mould of the original, not that someone else did a hack job and carved their own. And even then, I kept thinking if someone tried to recreate it by hand and came this close, shouldn’t that person be celebrated for their skill? </p><p>I once read a book in which there was a mystery of who was creating paintings that were supposed to be by Matisse. In the book, I think the point was made that the copycat was actually technically better than the original painter. Of course, a copycat painter is actually creating paintings, not just making an imprint of an already existing painting or scanning a copy of it on a computer and reselling it. But even casts take skill. To make the mould and then fill it just so and get it to come out right takes skill. It definitely takes a certain amount to do that kind of work with a cake mould which is why my moulded cakes always look a little lopsided. So why is it so difficult for me to appreciate a cast? Why would I say that prints are art but casts are not? </p><p>I’m at a point of internal turmoil over this debate. On the one hand, the original piece of art was created. Someone thought it up. And for me to not have to travel all over the globe to see a famous piece of art and know that the art resides in the original place where it should, I have to appreciate the fact that casts of that accuracy and caliber can be made. </p><p>Still, to stand in front of an original gives me the same tingly feeling I get when I stand in a beautiful cathedral listening to a choir rehearse or getting to be there for Evensong. It’s one of those great moments in life that makes me feel closer to God, that brings my faith to the surface, and that reminds me that there are great things in this world beyond myself.</p><p>Maybe it’s just mindset or maybe it’s Maybelline. Of course, it’s not the latter. This begs the question. Is it about whether a cast or a print is a real work of art, or is it the knowledge of the original being somewhere else that changes our perception of it? If I never knew that the David was a cast, would I have felt its magnificence more? Should I ask people to stop pointing out when something is not the original? Should I just stop worrying about it so much? Probably. I should probably just stop worrying about it, but these are the things that keep me up at night. This and bills and how my kids are doing and whether or not I should have eaten that extra scoop of popcorn. Such is life.</p><p></p><p><p>Sarah Carpenter is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.</p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p> <br/><br/>This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit <a href="https://sarahcarpenter.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_2">sarahcarpenter.substack.com/subscribe</a>
June 15, 2023
Knitting
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June 9, 2023
Skates and Cameras
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