truth & beauty

Lileks linked to this three-page article about John William Godward, one of the last European painters "to straightforwardly portray classical Greece and Rome".

Compare the images on those pages with the images by Jackson Pollock.

pop quiz:

1. Which of those images are more similar to these paintings by an elephant?
2. Which of those images would require more talent to produce?
3. Which of those images could be most accurately reproduced by a blind man?
4. Which of those paintings are worth more?
5. Which of those paintings cost more?

The last question is a trick question, unfortunately.

p.s. Mice can paint too ;)