Imaginary painting
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| - | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Experts]]'' ([[1837]]) by [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]]. The monkeys are inspecting a fictional painting.]] | + | [[Image:Ancient Rome (1757) by Giovanni Paolo Panini.jpg|thumb|left|200px|''[[Ancient Rome (painting)|Ancient Rome]]'' (1757) by Giovanni Paolo Panini]] |
| - | [[Image:Reverse Side Of a Painting.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Reverse Side Of a Painting]]'' (1670) by [[Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts]]. Is the [[Recto and verso |verso]] of a fictional painting?]] | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe|Goethe]], [[Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker|Welcker]], [[Heinrich Brunn|Brunn]] and [[Wolfgang Helbig]], among others, have held that the [[Imagines (work by Philostratus)|''Imagines'']] are ekphrases of actually existing works of art, while [[Christian Gottlob Heyne|Heyne]] and [[Friederichs]] claim that they are [[imaginary painting]]s."--Sholem Stein | ||
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| + | [[Image:The Experts, 1837 by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps.jpg |thumb|200px|''[[The Monkey Connoisseurs]]'' (1837) by Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]] | ||
| + | [[Image:Reverse Side Of a Painting.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[The Reverse of a Framed Painting]]'' (1670) by Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts]] | ||
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| A '''fictional painting''' or an '''imaginary painting''' is a painting which exists in a [[fictitious world]]. It may also refer to paintings or drawings that depict [[fictitious world]]s. This page functions as a [[placeholder]] for various links. | A '''fictional painting''' or an '''imaginary painting''' is a painting which exists in a [[fictitious world]]. It may also refer to paintings or drawings that depict [[fictitious world]]s. This page functions as a [[placeholder]] for various links. | ||
| - | ==Examples of paintings that exist in a fictitious world== | + | ==Examples of paintings that only exist in a fictitious world== |
| ===In literature=== | ===In literature=== | ||
| - | [[Nicholas Meyer]]'s 1993 novel [[The Canary Trainer]] describes a [[fictional painting]] by the famous Impressionist [[Degas]], which happens to show [[Sherlock Holmes]]. | + | The work ''[[Eikones]]'' by [[Philostratus]], a description of 64 paintings, is held by some of actually existing works of art, while others claim that they are imaginary paintings. |
| - | In ''[[Interpretazioni veneziane]]'', Michelangelo Muraro and David Rosand state that: | + | [[Nicholas Meyer]]'s 1993 novel ''[[The Canary Trainer]]'' describes a fictional painting by the famous Impressionist Edgar Degas, which happens to show Sherlock Holmes. |
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| - | :Certainly the imagery that [[Aretino]] describes at the beginning of the [[Passion]] carries conviction. ... has stimulated commentators to suggest that Aretino is describing an [[imaginary painting]] by [[Titian]] or [[Tintoretto]]. ... | + | |
| ===In painting=== | ===In painting=== | ||
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| *''[[Brush with Fate]]'' (2003), a a made-for-TV film. which follows the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. | *''[[Brush with Fate]]'' (2003), a a made-for-TV film. which follows the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. | ||
| ==Paintings that depict imaginary, fictitious worlds and creatures== | ==Paintings that depict imaginary, fictitious worlds and creatures== | ||
| + | [[Piranesi]] produced two groups of [[Capriccio (art)|capricci]] etchings, the [[Grotteschi (Piranesi) |Grotteschi]] and the [[Imaginary Prisons|Carceri]]. | ||
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| :''[[grotesque art]], [[fantastic art]]'' | :''[[grotesque art]], [[fantastic art]]'' | ||
| - | [[Michelangelo]] in ''[[Da Pintura Antiga]]'' (1548) remarks on painting imaginary beings: | + | [[Michelangelo]] in ''[[Da Pintura Antiga]]'' (1548) supposedly remarks on painting [[imaginary being]]s: |
| :"But if it so happens ... a work ... under pain of otherwise becoming shameful or false, requires fantasy ... [and that] certain limbs or elements of a figure are altered by borrowing from other species, for example transforming into a [[dolphin]] the hinder end of a [[griffon]] or a stag ... these alterations will be excellent and the substitution, however [[unreal]] it may seem, deserves to be declared a fine invention in the genre of the [[monstrous]]. | :"But if it so happens ... a work ... under pain of otherwise becoming shameful or false, requires fantasy ... [and that] certain limbs or elements of a figure are altered by borrowing from other species, for example transforming into a [[dolphin]] the hinder end of a [[griffon]] or a stag ... these alterations will be excellent and the substitution, however [[unreal]] it may seem, deserves to be declared a fine invention in the genre of the [[monstrous]]. | ||
| - | :When a painter introduces into this kind of work of art [[chimerae]] and other imaginary beings in order to divert and entertain the senses and also to captivate the eyes of mortals who long to see unclassified and impossible things, he shows himself more respectful of reason than if he produced the usual figures of men or of animals." --tr. from ''[[Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear]]'' by [[Marina Warner]]. | + | :When a painter introduces into this kind of work of art [[chimerae]] and other imaginary beings in order to divert and entertain the senses and also to captivate the eyes of mortals who long to see unclassified and impossible things, he shows himself more respectful of reason than if he produced the usual figures of men or of animals." --tr. from ''[[Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear]]'' by Marina Warner |
| The practice should be contrasted with [[realism (visual arts)]]. | The practice should be contrasted with [[realism (visual arts)]]. | ||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Cappriccio (art)]] | ||
| + | *[[Fact and fiction]] | ||
| *[[Imaginary]] | *[[Imaginary]] | ||
| *[[Fictional]] | *[[Fictional]] | ||
| + | *[[Fictional book]] | ||
| *[[Painting]] | *[[Painting]] | ||
| *[[Fancy portrait]] | *[[Fancy portrait]] | ||
| *[[Historical landscape]] | *[[Historical landscape]] | ||
| + | *[[Imaginary museum]] | ||
| + | *Koen Brams’s ''[[The Encyclopedia of Fictional Artists]]'' | ||
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A fictional painting or an imaginary painting is a painting which exists in a fictitious world. It may also refer to paintings or drawings that depict fictitious worlds. This page functions as a placeholder for various links.
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Examples of paintings that only exist in a fictitious world
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In literature
The work Eikones by Philostratus, a description of 64 paintings, is held by some of actually existing works of art, while others claim that they are imaginary paintings.
Nicholas Meyer's 1993 novel The Canary Trainer describes a fictional painting by the famous Impressionist Edgar Degas, which happens to show Sherlock Holmes.
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In painting
- Ancient Rome (painting) by Panini
- Some gallery painting are not of real galleries
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In film
- Brush with Fate (2003), a a made-for-TV film. which follows the life of an imaginary painting by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
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Paintings that depict imaginary, fictitious worlds and creatures
Piranesi produced two groups of capricci etchings, the Grotteschi and the Carceri.
Michelangelo in Da Pintura Antiga (1548) supposedly remarks on painting imaginary beings:
- "But if it so happens ... a work ... under pain of otherwise becoming shameful or false, requires fantasy ... [and that] certain limbs or elements of a figure are altered by borrowing from other species, for example transforming into a dolphin the hinder end of a griffon or a stag ... these alterations will be excellent and the substitution, however unreal it may seem, deserves to be declared a fine invention in the genre of the monstrous.
- When a painter introduces into this kind of work of art chimerae and other imaginary beings in order to divert and entertain the senses and also to captivate the eyes of mortals who long to see unclassified and impossible things, he shows himself more respectful of reason than if he produced the usual figures of men or of animals." --tr. from Monsters of Our Own Making: The Peculiar Pleasures of Fear by Marina Warner
The practice should be contrasted with realism (visual arts).
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See also
- Cappriccio (art)
- Fact and fiction
- Imaginary
- Fictional
- Fictional book
- Painting
- Fancy portrait
- Historical landscape
- Imaginary museum
- Koen Brams’s The Encyclopedia of Fictional Artists
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