Top Ten Artists When asked to identify our favourite artist of all time, painters generally
are as diverse in their choice as they are in their individual styles. As an
art instructor, in a "get acquainted" questionnaire I often use with my eighth
grade students, I ask the same question. The results are both surprising and
at the same time, depressingly mundane. Below are listed the top ten
favourite artists of the baggy-jeans set:
10. Gilbert Stuart
9. Grant Wood
8. Pablo Picasso
7. Charles Schultz
6. Mr. Jennings (their elementary art teacher)
5. Norman Rockwell
4. Jim Lane (from those who know which side their bread is buttered on).
3. Jim Davis
2. Michelangelo
1. Leonardo da Vinci
The moral to this story seems to be a disturbing lack of depth in teaching
art history coupled with a penchant for comic strips involving funny friends
and furry friends. Beyond that, it would seem to hint at a broader truth:
It would seem we don't know what we like; we merely like what
we know.
Contributed by Lane, Jim
25 November 1997 |
