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The whole essence of Durer's woodcuts was that he went many steps BEYOND what a photograph could have achieved. You only have to take a look at the Rhinoceros to see what I mean. Essence of rhino, by someone who had never seen one. On 29 Mar 2011, at 08:52, Scott Spencer wrote: > Forgive me for getting OT but yes,I think it is a good thing myself. > At the very least when you are a Northern Renaissance painter > pioneering high realism with groundbreaking techniques, being able to > paint in a highly refined style is a great thing. If he hadn't done > that, the modern project would have never existed centuries later. > There would have been nothing to push against. -- "Fearlessness is better than a faint heart for any man who puts his nose out of doors. The length of my life and the day of my death were fated long ago." - Skirner's Journey