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Fine Art Female Figure Photography: This contribution of photography, which had won the support of Baudelaire, was also praised by Lady Elizabeth Eastlake in her essay "Photography" in the London Quarterly Review for 1857. Her aesthetic could not embrace photography as one of the fine art female figure photography Arts. She wrote:
Gaston La-chaise (1882-1935) was perhaps the first American sculptor to be considered an extremist in his deviation from naturalism. His Floating Figure from 1927 and Standing Woman from 1932 (both in the Museum of Modern Art, New York) exaggerated the female figure to achieve impressive heroic effects.
Paul Manship's (b. 1885) studies of the classic and Renaissance in Europe influenced his style. His work is characterized by conscientious craftsmanship and harmonious composition. He has done many bronze groups, like the Dancer and Gazelles (Corcoran Gallery, Washington, D.C.), which combine the human figure with animals.
Brush marks and lines, on the other ind, are not natural to photography, and I object and ways will object to the use of the brush, to finger daubs, i scrawling, scratching and scribbling on the plate, and i the gum and glycerine process, if they are used for nhing else but to produce blurred effects. Do not mistake my words. I do not want the photo-•aphic worker to cling to prescribed methods and academic standards. I do not want him to be less artistic than he is to-day, on the contrary I want him to be more artistic, but only in legitimate ways. ... I want pictorial photography to be recognized as a fine art female figure photography art. It is an ideal that I cherish, . . . and I have fought for it for years, but I am equally convinced that it can only be accomplished by straight photography. |
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