"Singling out a beetle as the focal point of a work of art was unprecedented in 1505, when most of Dürer's contemporaries believed that insects were the lowest of creatures."
When we look at art, we do not realise the effect that piece of art had during its times. We are away from that time, so we do not know the attitudes towards those subjects. Take the stag beetle for example. Artists can change the world by what their focus lands on. Changing the ordinary to beautiful.
"one of the goals of a contemporary artist is to keep art alive"
A masterpiece is only a masterpiece in so far as it informs the present
My afternoon walks are filled with cricket sounds reminding me of my summer childhood.
"If old truths are to retain their hold on men's minds, they must be restated in the language and concepts of successive generations. What at one time are their most effective expressions gradually become so worn with use that they cease to carry a definite meaning" -- The Constitution of Liberty"
This is in the same vein as said for the art to be rephrased for current times, to maintain its relevance.
Drawing bugs - Can you think of why you might need binoculars and symmetry while drawing bugs? A university class Sketching Natures creatures
painting insects from Foster Museum
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