tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post3063212399608018192..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: A Painting for the Cabinet of Curiosities by Imogen RobertsonMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21930353688441807712014-05-30T17:41:47.894+01:002014-05-30T17:41:47.894+01:00Thanks for the responses! Yes, I think it shows co...Thanks for the responses! Yes, I think it shows considerable skill and I wish I could find out why it was created. <br /><br />It's interesting, isn't it, to try and draw the line between saying it's a 'copy' and saying it's 'after'. Maybe I should say it is a 'version' of the Hopper. <br /><br />Copying another writer can be a great way to learn. I think as long as the source material is acknowledged, that's fine, - a lot of the time such things are private exercises anyway. <br /><br />Fanfiction is, I think, a sort of outpouring of affection for certain characters and worlds and certainly popular - PD James is at it after all in Death comes to Pemberley.<br /><br />An early Vettriano? Intriguing idea! Imogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08925800621947616280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74417389487452614042014-05-30T16:33:02.488+01:002014-05-30T16:33:02.488+01:00As you say, it isn't a direct copy. I don'...As you say, it isn't a direct copy. I don't think it should be called a copy at all - rather it is 'after' Hopper's painting, implying that it's inspired by it. Glasgow? Probably an early Vettriano!Mark Burgesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17271587070391155947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-77845132508891650362014-05-30T16:16:10.880+01:002014-05-30T16:16:10.880+01:00Sally, you make me think. Writing students are enc...Sally, you make me think. Writing students are encouraged to copy another writer's work, in order to understand the style and rhythm. A direct copy is plagiarism, though, so we can't send that copy out to be published. (Or we'd better not.) <br /><br />But I'm wondering now if Fanfiction is an outgrowth of this kind of copying. It's certainly becoming popular.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-44059305651410156502014-05-30T14:37:44.845+01:002014-05-30T14:37:44.845+01:00I love the copy - especially the way the black sho...I love the copy - especially the way the black shows through!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-52679432619866152862014-05-30T10:53:35.184+01:002014-05-30T10:53:35.184+01:00It's a fascinating subject which perhaps only ...It's a fascinating subject which perhaps only an artist or a student of art can answer. Speaking as a writer, I wonder why we are discouraged from doing something similar which is slammed as plagiarism even when unintentional or even a 'study' in style or technique. Perhaps it has something to do with signatures or price? It's hard to decide. Certainly a topic for discussion. Sally Zigmondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07520579251842006765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-15349512647222894892014-05-30T05:52:45.224+01:002014-05-30T05:52:45.224+01:00If Leonardo Da Vinci could copy other artists, so ...If Leonardo Da Vinci could copy other artists, so can I. <br /><br />This painter is obviously skilled enough to have made a more direct copy, but chose not to. Maybe the green painting on the wall is an assertion of individuality within the stricture of copying.Petrea Burchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13043950465171821852noreply@blogger.com