• GraniteM@lemmy.world
    251·
    8 months ago

    I love the contrast between works like this, with its brilliant attention to detail and anatomy, and “Frog Meditating,” by Sengai, who is just a herpy derp little Buddhist froggy guy.

  • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    81·
    8 months ago

    All the little anatomical details on the cat make this great. The Henry’s pocket, the scrunched up nose, the retracted claws correctly being shown as a ‘split’ in the front of the paw… it’s just so cool to see artists from 100+ years ago seeing and portraying this without the sort of simplified visual language we grew up with in cartoons, books, etc for what a cat looks like.

    • DrPop@lemmy.world
      4·
      8 months ago

      Then by contrast you have paintings from Europe, from the same period, where the artist has clearly never seen a cat.

    • weeeeum@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      8 months ago

      I like this kind of minimalistic art. Many believe art needs to be deeply profound and inspiring via complexity and detail. However art like this brings me such a pure, simple joy. It’s okay just to observe, enjoy and be content with the simplest things.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    31·
    8 months ago

    My mom has a print of this. It’s been hanging in her house since I was a kid.