Talk:Painting/Archive 1

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This isn't really to anyone in doran is the best noone is better particular, but...if you have an answer for me, please let me know...Ok, here comes the question:
 * what is the difference between classic/traditional paintings and modern/abstract paintings? So far, all i have discovered is that classic is a depiction (using paintbrush, paints, and a canvas) of what someone sees in their head that can mean something only to the painter, or nothing at all, really, whereas modern paintings have much to do with representation and sybolism. They tend to generate feelings through color and shapes. Is there anything else one might like to add? I'm not saying that this is correct, seeing as I got most of this from Google (faithful Google... :P)...I'd appreciate any comments on the matter. --Charis

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The differences between classical and modern painting are many. In the western world, classical painting (and art in general) refers to paintings done in a greco-roman style. This also include numerous art historic movements that sought to mimic a greco-roman style such as the Renaissance and Neo-Classicism movements. These works share an emphasis on smooth surfaces (devoid of visible brush strokes), idealized human figures (the heroic nude is a prime example), and often religious, mythological, and/or allegorical subjects.

Modern art refers to a series of art movements. It is generally accepted that it begun in 1863,the year that Édouard Manet exhibited his painting Le déjeuner sur l'herbe in the Salon des Refusés in Paris, and continued until around the 1970's. Modern Art included Realism, Impressionism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop Art, Color field Painting and a numerous other movements within Modern Art. Abstract is just one type of Modern Art. Modern Art in most cases is a rejection of traditional art norms including classicism. It should be noted some Modern works of art don't reject all of Classicism, for example a work with mythical subject matter but is created by dripping paint onto a piece of cardboard during the stated time period would still be considered Modern Art despite its mythological subject.

The Modern Art movement stopped for the most part in the 1970's (although some artists continued working in their respective styles). Post-Modern Art came after Modern Art and is a whole different beast. It ended roughly during the end of the 1990's, although this date is not set in stone. Like other historical disciplines, art history is difficult to discuss so close to the time in which it happened. I mention this only to explain that art that is being created today is NOT Modern Art. There are a plethora of art movements happening today, but there has not as of yet been a blanket term agreed on by art historians.

Both Classical and Modern Art can make use of symbolism. All Classical art is representational (that is you can easily identify what it represents, a man, a tree, a bowl of fruit), but not all Modern Art is representational. Non-representational art, such as abstract painting (which was a Modern Art moment) does not need to depict anything. Often, people who have not studied Modern Art have trouble appreciating some of it because of this non-representational approach some movements adopted.

I hope this helps. It is a very complex question that you could easily devote the next year to research. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.192.100 (talk) 16:56, 9 March 2010 (UTC)

Changed link from media to singular medium page. --Daniel C. Boyer

Umm... How's coloured pencil a painting medium. Paints are usually wet. Unless you drop it in water, a coloured pencil isn't. - user:zanimum

Hello... can anyone look at this article to put in their two cents?

As I've nagged before coloured pencil a painting medium. Paints are usually wet. Unless you drop it in water, a coloured pencil isn't.

So...?

I help run a public exhibit space in Brampton, Ontario called Artway, and we have a drawing in colour exhibit, as well as a painting exhibit. If anyone told us coloured pencil was a painting medium and tried to exhibit their art in the wrong show, we'd look at them weirdly, because by no means is it a painting medium. The result do look like acrylics or pastels, but they certainly aren't true paintings. - user:zanimum


 * I agree with you completely, and will take it out. You could have taken it out yourself, though - be bold in updating pages! --Camembert

Searching for Still life (is that the correct word??) what I'm missing here is a classification on subject, eg. Landscape, portrait, ... Regards Ellywa

Defining the term "medium" as the vehicle by which pigment is delivered to a surface should easily qualify the colored pencils as a painting medium. Pencils put pigment on canvas. Wetness or dryness are irrelevant; one often talks about pastel paintings, pastels can be both wet or dry, and can come in sticks, powders, and pencils. Crayons, too, can be considered a painting medium, as they are a kind of wax based pastel. Shoehorn

My two cents: Leaf through any issue of The Artist's Magazine and you will notice that both graphite and pencil crayon works are consistantly referred to with the word "painting". Practitioners in this area commonly use this terminology. I think the difference between a drawing and a painting both done in pencil is that the painting is more refined, a work of art, whereas the drawing may be unfinished or simply a means to informally record some scene. Reigh

coloured pencil works are referred to as 'paintings' when the colour saturates the page/canvas. the same applies to pastels. if the pencil is used to sketch or shade with, it is called a drawing. however, when applied thickly, in layers, or in a way that fully covers the paper, it becomes known as a coloured pencil 'painting'. Toeknuckles

I am not sure I understand what a common painting element is. Could someone explain why the list is titled that, instead of genre as I had it originally? I would have thought that painting elements would include such things as: focal point, linear perspective, emphasis, highlight, amount of detail, importance and placement of figures, point of view..., details about a specific painting, rather then groupings of painting types. Reigh

I changed it to "elements" because I did not feel genre was a good description of the list. One usually talks about genre in terms of art genres: painting is a genre of art, as is sculpture. But now that I think about it, I think "idiom" might be the best label, the portrait is a common painting idiom, as are landscapes, &c. Shoehorn

Fingerpainting is more of a style or method of application rather then a medium, isn't it? Reigh


 * Yes, but according to the fingerpaint article, "fingerpaint is a kind of paint..." so it makes sense to list "fingerpaint" (though not "fingerpainting") as a medium (that's assuming that article is correct, of course). --Camembert

-- Why don't we list any painting styles from before the mid-1800's? Rmhermen 00:41, Apr 27, 2004 (UTC)

I removed the following section, which might be located if usefull in another article:

Paint- 1. A liquid mixture, usually of a solid pigment in a liquid vehicle, used as a decorative or protective coating. 2. The thin dry film formed by such a mixture when applied to a surface. 3. The solid pigment before it is mixed with a vehicle. 4. A cosmetic, such as rouge, that is used to give color to the face; makeup.

I included this because I felt it served to confuse the point of the article further. Painting is generally looked upon by the art community at large today, due perhaps to the variety of media available, as the manipulation of color. Categorization largely depends upon the artist's past works (were they a painter, sculptor etc.?), the nature of the finished work (is it linear, textural etc.?), and lastly the manner in which the medium was handled when applied (did they use watercolor pencils, soak the canvas in turpentine before working with oil sticks or pastels?). Keep in mind encaustics are a wax with a complicated application process. Not what I'd call liquid by any straight and simple definition. --Vinegartom 12:29, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Dark Art Sweeps America
Prominent dark art artists have begun to emerge in paintings of the 21st century. One growing and masterful dark artist is Stephen Cheung, a student who has mastered the ways of Picasso and have drawn for many friends as well as competitions. His unique style of demonic art reflects the politcal turmoils of the 21st century. His inspirations have come from friends such as Jade and Christie.

If I had to speculate, I would guess that this 'dark art' section was posted by none other than Stephen Cheung himself.

I agree. This feel forced.

I never liked modern art...not that I've ever even heard of demonic art....Charis

Intro sequence and correct English terms
I'm unclear over the correctness of the intro sentence, Painting is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a carrier (or medium) and a binding agent (a glue) to a surface (support) such as paper, canvas or a wall., as I'm unclear about the correct English terms to use. Also note, that medium points a disambig, which hasn't any matching entry.

Q: Is there really distinction between (a) carrier or medium and (b) binding agent? In German, it's rather clear that a paint consists of Pigment, and Bindemittel (and optionally Füllstoff, = filler (?)). I'm looking for the term matching "Bindemittel" and I'd assume "binder" or "medium" (translated literally, it is "binder medium"). See also.

Pjacobi 21:55, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)


 * From http://www.marilynfenn.com/glossary_materials.html
 * "Binder: The material used in paint that causes pigment particles to adhere to one another and to the support; for example, linseed oil or acrylic polymer."
 * "Medium (pl. media or mediums): In paint, the fluid in which pigment is suspended, allowing it to spread and adhere to the surface."
 * I don't know how to clarify this in the article. I suppose it wouldn't have to be in the intro, but could be expanded in a more comprehensive section about paint
 * However, the Wikipedia article paint says "There are generally three parts to a paint: binder, diluent and additives. However, only one of these components, the binder, is absolutely required. The binder is that part of the vehicle which eventually solidifies to form the dried paint film. The diluent serves to adjust the viscosity of the paint. It is volatile and does not become part of the paint film. Anything else is an additive."
 * --Sketchee 22:06, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Artists that hand-make their own paint usually only do so with the pigment and the binder. Any other additive should be noted as such. The only two absolutely necessary ingredients to paint are pigment and binder. It may not be a "great" paint, but it will be paint. Mediums are used to change the intial properties of a paint but are not essential to what paint is. Mrs Scarborough 21:57, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
 * From http://www.webster.com - a mixture of a pigment and a suitable liquid to form a closely adherent coating when spread on a surface in a thin coat. Suitable liquid can be replaced with vehicle. Perhaps the into sentence can be changed to simply, Painting is the practice of applying pigment suspended in a vehicle to a surface (support) such as paper, canvas or a wall. Ahering or using "glue" to make sure the paint sticks is not a requirement for painting, but generally desireable for sure. I am hesitant to make this change myself as I'm new, still learning and this article is rather large. Mrs Scarborough 19:45, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * I suggest - be bold! Make your edits (with references preferably) in the article... Tyrenius 20:54, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
 * Edits made. From Sketchee's notes above and definition from http://www.webster.com, also noted above.
 * Paint is pigment suspended in a liquid vehicle. Binder is a word often used when describing the liquid vehicle because adhesion to the support is a hopeful outcome of the act of painting. However, a binder may be as weak as water or as strong as a 400 year-old linseed-walnut-copal film, or saliva as in cave painting. Medium, as defined in the previous edit, is not a requirement for paint which is essentially pigment + liquid vehicle. --Mrs Scarborough 22:18, 16 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Well...I think that the first phrase of the first paragraph is getting confusing as it tries to get too precise. It is also quite limitative. As an example, pigment and gum arabic (the binder) is recognized as watercolor, but you do need water to apply it. Gum arabic by itself is a powder (or crystal). What is left after water (the liquid vehicle) evaporates is...? So you need the liquid vehicle to apply the "paint". But this is not exact either: pastel is pigment with a binder (gum arabic) to which no water is added. You might argue that using pastel is not painting but drawing but that would open another debate (What is artistic painting?). I also know painters who apply pure pigment to a surface (in powder form) and "fix" it with glue, wax, hair spray and other fixatives (are they binders?). You also can't specify that pigment has to be applied, as painters have used Coke, root beer, blod, tea, dyes, ink and many many more COLOURS (black and white are colours). So painting can be more realistically defined as "applying colour to a surface". The last phrase of that first paragraph opens up nicely to Art and is very appropriate. This also ties in better to the third paragraph (about colour). Rawbear 02:50, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How does the current definition distinguish painting from projection of light or drawing? What is wrong with "application of paint".

And this is why I wish I had better English teachers...Charis

Assistance needed
The Brooklyn Bridge image in Bridges in art needs painter attribution and dating. This is at a museum in Rochester, NY (no flash images from the permanent collection are permitted.) Thanks, Leonard G. 19:26, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Improvement drive
Graphics is currently nominated to be improved by WP:IDRIVE. Vote for it if you want to contribute.--Fenice 20:10, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

Evidence (Where is it?)
Evidence indicates that humans have been painting for about 6 times as long as they have been using written language.

Source, please? --Dforest 09:27, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

You might find it in cave painting or the "32,000 years" figure cited in the next paragraph. Tverbeek 17:32, 7 November 2005 (UTC)

This article could be better
The history of painting seems lacking. There is no mention of the relationships between painting and technology, and modern & contemporary painting is virtually non-existant. If anyone wants to strengthen these sections, I'm sure it would be appreciated. I'll try to add a little, but I may not have the time :P Vanessa kelly 18:15, 2 February 2006 (UTC)


 * Oh my goodness, I agree wholeheartedly! I keep looking for information on the difference between classic paintings and modern art/paintings....but so far i got nothin...
 * Charis


 * SOFIXIT ! Tyrenius 00:22, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Uh...
Not to offend anyone, but if you cannot artfully wield the English language, please don't attempt edits. Oh yeah, and I deleted the paragraph about drawing that committed about 10 blunders; it just didn't make any sense. Matthew 00:39, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

NPOV?
Above these theories we can say that painting as well as all other forms of art are strongly connected with religious or spiritual consciousness, and they seem to remind us of our spiritual essence and existence and the fact that prehistoric men have done it seems like unequivocal proof of it.

...assuming that we have a "spiritual essence" that indeed does exist. This sentence contains direct implications that the existence of paintings and art in general 'proves' that we have a spiritual nature. I feel that it therefore represents a biased view due to the author's a priori metaphysical beliefs, independent of the subject matter. I am removing this sentence (Please take note that I feel that the sentence itself is beautifully written, though biased). Sdr 21:18, 12 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Completely POV and unreferenced. If a source can be found, then it can be quoted from that source, but doubtless counter-views will need also to be quoted to maintain balance. Tyrenius 17:56, 13 August 2006 (UTC)

There are no sources for the introduction, which is POV - I have changed application of colour to paint, but it is full of other statements that represent a contentious view of western art, rather than painting in a global sense.Research Method (talk) 19:06, 10 November 2008 (UTC)

Defining "Painting" as the act of using "Paint"
If we are letting the definition of paint stand at "pigment suspended in a liquid vehicle (such as water, oil, saliva, arabic gum or other liquid)" Computer Painting should not be in the Painting techniques list. I have removed it. --Mrs Scarborough 02:57, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * i have added that a brush is commonly used to apply paint Noakk (talk) 19:31, 25 May 2010 (UTC)

Changes to Intro Passages
Made some significant changes to the intro passage. I am still new at this so I apologize for any failure to cite or reference sources if needed. Please note here of any weak points or passages that REALLY need citation and I'll do my best to cite/change/work with the wiki community. I'm still learning how to do all of this gracefully. Thanks. --Mrs Scarborough 04:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC) Crap. Made a few more changes and now the last intro paragraph feels really awkward. Not sure if its all working or making sense. Help? --Mrs Scarborough 04:24, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Not too bad. I've had a go. Just keep on doing it, and it'll get there! Contact me if you need help. Tyrenius 05:35, 7 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Yay! I'm planning on going through the entire article bit by bit so a "not too bad" is encouraging. I don't know how much of the history I will touch but I'm looking at the sections after that and rethinking the order in which they are listed. Thanks for the encouragement. --Mrs Scarborough 17:46, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Cutting down India Section
The India section is very lengthy and detailed as compared to the other painting period sections which come across as summaries. More indepth articles exist for History of painting and for each of the painting periods/schools listed under India: Bengal school of art, Tanjore painting, Mughal painting, Rajput painting, Madhubani painting. So the India section seems out of balance with the rest of the article and needs to be summarized and cut down. Ideally I'd like someone more familair with Indian painting to make the edit, but if after several days with no one attempting it (and no objection) I will attempt to do it myself. --Mrs Scarborough 17:56, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Don't wait. Be BOLD. Changes can always be reverted. You might like to add some of the information to Indian painting. Just revamp the whole article and see what happens. If this draws in comment or other editors, then that will be a good thing to have more input. Tyrenius 21:10, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The material in this section is duplicated in Indian painting, so don't worry about anything being lost. Tyrenius 21:29, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The Indian section was unbearbly large so I added a paragraph under India which summarises traditional Indian art to a certain extent. Please make sure it reaches a certain quality and then delete the rest of the section. AdityaRachakonda 16:12, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

Oh no! Please, do forget this proposal to merge
unless the various aspects of "painting" are defined. RPD 22:48, 25 September 2006 (UTC)
 * What proposal to merge? I can't see one! Tyrenius 00:47, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

On my screen, there's a merge-tag on top of the "Painting" article. --RPD 16:14, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I am strongly opposed to the merge suggestion. One article is about materials and one is about the art of painting. They are each sufficiently important to need their own article. Tyrenius 18:06, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

I've removed the tag. It's been there since 3 April with no interest. Tyrenius 18:13, 26 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Okay for a sgtart I'm gping to clear this whole mess up. I am a proffessional diplomat, so an used to solving arguments. Propelsels have nothing to do with paintings, I know. I have a boat. Also paintg is not a art, it is THE ART, especially when using google image search. An tags are only on clothes, so I dunno what thats about. Anyway, paints gloray on me blog. - JIffo ps- this is my first wikipedia so don't chop my blog odff —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.154.63.142 (talk) 21:44, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

ADDING TEXT TO MAIN ARTICLE
I used "Edit this page" to add some text. Now, I'm very new to this and didn't expect it to be added, except in the "Edit this page" archive. The problem is, I used italics and bold by clicking on the edit bar, and yet this only shows in the main text as typo mistakes. Can anyone help with this?--Skerovic Slobodan 02:57, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Image Issue
There is something wrong with the photo of the page from the Hastings Book of Hours. When you click on the image, it loads correctly, but the tab labeled 'image' doesn't seem to work. When you click on it, a page pops up insisting that this image does not exist. Can someone who knows what is wrong please fix it? Thanks, Vlmastra 17:14, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Adding External Links
Hi,

I needed your permission to add an important link to art portal - www.artandpainting.net

This portal is dedicated to art & painting. Editor is keep upgrading art portal daily basis.

Can you please permit to do so?

Thanks —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Voyage2mail (talk • contribs) 16:43, 14 February 2007 (UTC).
 * Thank you for asking here, rather than linking to the site yourself. Unfortunately, the site you mention contains a high degree of advertising, and is therefore not appropriate for Wikipedia. For more information, please see Spam and External links. &mdash; Feezo (Talk) 19:39, 14 February 2007 (UTC)


 * Thanks for bringing this to the talk page. I have to agree with Feezo though.  When I delve into the site I never get to any actual information, after I dig down through the categories I get to lists of books I can buy online.  I don't think that's an appropriate site for Wikipedia. -- Siobhan Hansa 13:19, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

Expanded Far East Section
Over the past couple of days I have expanded the Far East section by about 95% (lol). I hope you like the improvements and the new pics.

--PericlesofAthens 23:01, 20 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Marvelous! Is there info in that section that isn't in the Chinese painting article? --sparkit TALK 14:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Move history section
I moved the history section to History of painting - intact. --sparkit TALK 14:00, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Good Faith Vandalism Welcome ?
All of my edits to the Painting article were made in good faith. At the top it says 'B-class article'. And something about lacking citations and notes ? And when I looked at the 'Talk page' I found there had been no discussion since last spring ? B-class article lacking citations and notes. I provided one referenced citation from a collection of Leonardo's texts on painting. Clearly relevant to the text, I would have thought. I was wrong, and can see that I should leave this to the better judgment of the owners of this encyclopedia. I also made a couple of changes to the images. I think the Daumier painting is of a too bad quality, and also an unnecessarily literal illustration. But perhaps the owners of this encyclopedia are the owners of that painting too. And I removed an unreferenced quote from the painter Julian Bell's book 'What is Painting ?'; wrongly attributed (in that same precious article) to the dead poet Julian Bell (1908-37) But who cares if it's a dead poet or a live painter ? Or about good faith ?

Sorry. ΑΩ (talk) 21:56, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Don't worry about it. The other editor obviously misread the edits. Just leave him a note saying it wasn't an experiment, but edits to improve the article. By the way, images should normally just be a default thumb, which allows editors' preference settings to bring up the image at their desired size up to 300 pixels, or else renders it at the default of 180 pixels. The lead image can be 300 pixels.  Ty  09:59, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

The Struggles Of The Writing Painter Julian Bell
Well, the article still lacks citations, and footnotes. (The Leonardo quote I suggested has been removed.) The "Julian Bell link" has been repaired - it no longer refers to the dead poet Julian Bell (1908-37). But I'll say the quote from (the painter) Julian Bell also rather violates NPOV. I have not read Bells' book What is Painting ?. But I have found a review of it at artnet, and it would seem it is a fairly polemical work, very much expressive of Bell's own view and experience of painting, and (therefore also) of his own internal struggle. I read a short text that can be found at the Francis Kyle Gallery - which seems to stand in contradiction of the quote to be found in the Painting article:

'''I spend a good deal of time fulfilling particular ways to express in paint the distinctive feel of things (whether clouds, foliage, faces…). There is a kind of tension between variegated textures and my other, quite simple swipe of broad brush running across the whole surface.''' …My ambition is for each picture to be as self-sufficient as possible. But the diversity for me is a kind of release - a way of touching on the open-ended richness of the world and the ways we see it. 

I'll repeat the quote in the article:

"Julian Bell (1908-37), a painter himself, examines in his book What is Painting? the historical development of the notion that paintings can express feelings and ideas: "'Let us be brutal: expression is a joke. Your painting expresses – for you; but it does not communicate to me.' You had something in mind, something you wanted to ‘bring out’; but looking at what you have done, I have no certainty that I know what it was."

Like I said, I have not read Bell's book What is Painting ?, but from this contradiction it may even seem difficult to say if these statements have been made by the same man. I'll assume though, that they are expressive of his internal struggles, as this would seem to accord well with the review I found at artnet, by the art historian and writer David Cohen:

Just when he starts getting polemical and personal, however, Bell shifts gear. His last chapter, far from a finale, is a cop out. Before, he was busy setting up his own imaginative categories to explain the tensions within painting ; now he gets lost in a methodological maze.

The book held such promise, which at lucid moments it began to deliver, of a bold and individual apology for painting, but after starting out with theory looking at painting it ends up with a painter reading theory. Sure, Bell is a very talented explicator (I've never read a more lucid and reader-generous account of structuralism and deconstruction) but that's not much compensation for the sorely needed book he didn't quite write.

There are enough glimpses of good-humored polemic scattered through this book for us to know where his heart really lies, but the reader finds himself grasping at these rather like Cézanne, as Bell describes him, with his "clutch of surface tugs and analogies."

There are enough glimpses of good-humored polemic scattered through this book for us to know where his heart really lies, but the reader finds himself grasping at these rather like Cézanne, as Bell describes him, with his "clutch of surface tugs and analogies.

So, it may, in this case in fact be true, in a sense, that "expression is a joke"...

Like I said, I have not read Julian Bell's book. But I find the contradiction between the statement at Francis Kyle Gallery and that quote in the Painting article to be rather puzzling, and... in fact, to be (most probably) highly expressive of Julian Bell's internal struggles as a painter, and writer. As for the quote in the Painting article, as it stands, I'll say it is rather misleading.

And the article still lacks citations with footnotes. ΑΩ (talk) 09:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Feel free to add citations and footnotes. Julian Bell is a very minor part of the whole subject of painting, and there is no imperative to include any reference to him at all. NPOV applies to editors, not source material. A lot of arts articles need attention because there is a deficit of editors in that area.  Ty  10:02, 11 April 2008 (UTC)


 * I second that. I don't much care for the Julian Bell quote, which adds little to the article as it now stands. Ewulp (talk) 20:31, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

Global
I put a global tag to this article because it is biased towards western Painting, particularly that of the c20. It makes little mention of caligraphy, and contains the following list of c20 western movements with nothing similar for other schools or times. [list removed - see below] Please discuss why you think the global tag should be removed before doing it.If you click on it it will explain what it means.Research Method (talk) 19:01, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I've removed the list. It's unnecessary and clogs up the page. All you need to say is that there is a list of c20 western art movements and nothing similar for other schools or times.  Ty  20:46, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * It's still there, and clogging up the page;(Research Method (talk) 21:22, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm talking about putting the list on this talk page. Feel free to add a list/lists of other schools or times to the article, if you think something is lacking.  Ty  21:29, 10 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the list is out of place. It is too detailed.Research Method (talk) 00:21, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * The article as a whole is not too long at the moment. If that does happen, then maybe that section should form a separate article.  Ty  04:29, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I am removing the tag. If the article needs to present added material - then add the material. All I see here are complaints about what is not to your taste. Modernist (talk) 00:48, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Not only have you removed the tag, you have removed the reference I added to calligraphy. The tag is a declaration that more material is needed.Research Method (talk) 01:49, 11 November 2008 (UTC)


 * You misspelled the word again; add it with two els as you have here...also color to paint is ok..Modernist (talk) 01:53, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

I am so glad that it is "ok" with you.Research Method (talk) 01:57, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * That's good...Modernist (talk) 02:03, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Modernist Domination
Why does the introduction refer to the application of colour, rather than paint? I have changed this but it has been reverted. I am happy for this POV to be represented, but I think it should be sourced, and that Monochrome painting should not be excluded.Research Method (talk) 01:45, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Ink and wash painting, for example, is excluded.Research Method (talk) 02:01, 11 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed the link to European painting because unfortunately no such article exists...why don't you try to write it? Modernist (talk) 02:10, 11 November 2008 (UTC)

Colour or Paint
Why does this article start with "applying colour", when it should be paint, unless we include Fontana et al.Peas &amp; Luv (talk) 01:07, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * "The manufacture of pastel crayons requires but very little binding medium, and the pigment is not saturated with it, as in other techniques; otherwise the color will not come off the crayon so easily." Max Doerner, The Materials of the Artist, p. 244 - Pastel Painting.


 * To paint: "to apply color, pigment, or paint". See also: Light painting. ΑΩ (talk) 19:29, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Painting styles
Can some of these be removed - this article is not supposed to be a list farm!Peas &amp; Luv (talk) 01:11, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I would have thought it was a rather useful list for those wishing to explore the subject.  Ty  04:22, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

I have added a Global tag, so it can be improved, and become more representative.Peas &amp; Luv (talk) 05:31, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * I removed the tag because you had already been asked multiple times to add to articles what you think they need. Tags are unnecessary...Modernist (talk) 05:40, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Tags, and red links are both valuable parts of wikipedia.Peas &amp; Luv (talk) 05:48, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually only at certain times, and only certain tags, and only certain red ink..not all tags - you tag too often, and you tag too many things, and not all red ink; some editors - whom you haven't encountered yet take intense offense by tags...they are used sparingly. In this case it is not necessary. If there is a style missing then add the style. Modernist (talk) 05:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

500 styles are missing. I don't see why a list is needed here - I tagged it rather than delete it. If you click through the tag, you will see that the section I marked meets the description of the fault the tag is designed to label.Peas &amp; Luv (talk) 05:57, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Good point. Fixed.  Ty  06:23, 13 November 2008 (UTC)

Modernist's friends
Are they really that important? His test from above.Peas &amp; Luv (talk) —Preceding undated comment was added at 06:15, 9 December 2008.


 * Would you care to be slightly less cryptic?  Ty  07:28, 9 December 2008 (UTC)


 * The article is based on published sources, not who modernist knows, or what he thinks. This is not the place to carry out original research, or present a contraversial agenda as fact, rather than pov.Peas &amp; Luv (talk)
 * You've referred to a talk page post, not article content. If there are problems with the article, then cite those.  Ty  08:10, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * The article fails to conceptualise the painting process adequately.Peas &amp; Luv (talk)
 * Then I suggest you find the referenced material that does conceptualise the painting process adequately.  Ty  08:56, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Relocated stuff
This quote was relocated here, because it is too detailed for the current state of the article. Perhaps in time, when the article has a section on planes and boundaries in painting, we can put this back.OnBeyondZebrax (talk) 02:05, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

"The boundary of things in the second plane will not be discerned like those in the first. Therefore, painter, do not produce boundaries between the first and the second, because the boundary of one object and another is of the nature of a mathematical line but not an actual line, in that the boundary of one colour is the start of another colour and is not to be accorded the status of an actual line, because nothing intervenes between the boundary of one colour which is placed against another. Therefore, painter, do not make the boundaries pronounced at a distance."



Figure Painting
I am working my way though the articles on the human figure in art, and have gotten to Figure painting, which is a two paragraph stub. It defines the topic as a painting done from a model, and that definition is repeated in a section here. Figure painting is certainly a broader topic which includes any painting were the subject is the human figure (draped or undraped) done from imagination, life models, photographs, composite sketches, or any combination. Unless there is any reason not to do so, I will make the appropriate edits.FigureArtist (talk) 15:54, 29 October 2012 (UTC)

The Mona Lisa
... just has to be the most famous single painting in the world. But the caption, which has been there for about eight years, so I hesitate to jump in an edit it, says it is the "most recognizable". This is surely wrong: "recognizable" means easy to distinguish from others on first sight; but "famous" could equally be said to mean that it is the "most widely recognized" painting in the world. So I would like to change "recognizable" to either "famous" or "widely recognized"... but I wonder if there is some funny rule -- oh, I don't know -- that "famous" is a value judgement, or whatever. So any suggestions for the best wording...? Imaginatorium (talk) 10:31, 9 June 2013 (UTC)
 * There is no rule I think that your reasoning is sound, famous may be marginally better than widely recognized, but you are right it is something of a "value judgment". Since wikipedia is meant to be verifiable encyclepedia, the best thing to do in this case or any other would be to find a reliable source for the statement (i.e. that the mona lisa is the most famous painting) GrassHopHer (talk) 02:50, 17 October 2013 (UTC)
 * "Famous" is a crude word. It may be true that the painting is "famous". But should we want to clump it together with all the other "famous" and tasteless things? "Recognizable" is more restrained in its praise. I prefer to exercise restraint in the praise we lavish on works of art. Bus stop (talk) 03:02, 17 October 2013 (UTC)

visual examples of painting media
This article is very limited as to the types of paint media. There should be a full article on oil painting, etc... At the absolute least this page should present a visual example of all of the types of painting media. To have two "fresco" examples and nothing for pastel, watercolor, ink, gouache, enamel, spray paint, tempera, or water miscible oil paint, is very lacking. Providing 1-2 examples of each would improve this section greatly. It may be a rare prose-to-image ratio spacially (i.e. more images per area than normally used) but it would help make up for the lack of extended articles, because we all know a picture is worth 1,000 words, right? (ugh) Squish7 (talk) 03:12, 6 October 2013 (UTC)


 * It looks like this has been resolved. Bod (talk) 22:16, 13 January 2016 (UTC)