100 Years' Difference
Wednesday July 15, 2009
Top: Notes on the Science of Picture-Making by CJ Holmes, Slade Professor of Fine Art in the University of Oxford, published in 1909 by Chatto & Windus.
Bottom: New Acrylics Essential Sourcebook by Rhéni Tauchid, member of the product development team at Tri-Art, published 2009 by Watson Guptill.
Photos: © 2009 Marion Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc
It’s amazing, really…some things are still the same, while others are completely different. The headings in the newer book remind me of a web page, though. Makes me wonder if future generations will reject printed books because they don’t have video.
It’s wonderful that now a book on painting — a visual art if ever there was one — can now have illustrations all over the interior. And between Marion’s post and Nancy’s comment, I am left wondering if future generations (or indeed some of the most recent!) will never know that paragraphs used to be indented rather than spaced.
I love the to watch the flow of history….
My, my how things change! Progress is a funny thing. Sometimes, it’s nice to go back in time. But there are definite improvements to come in the future.