Paragone Reflection

The Warhol group had a really decent discussion about Leonardo’s Paragone.

After spending a week as sculptors and painters, each member of this group found further understanding about what it’s like to do that for a project, or once in a while; most couldn’t even fathom chiseling away at precious, expensive marble and revealing the beautiful, smooth, David or creating a work of art as detailed as The Last Supper. Overall, we found that it was useful to have that experience and take a few steps in the shoes of famous artists of the past.

Based on several of the group members’ responses, no one found one type of art superior over another. It was unanimous among the group that arguing that painters are superior over sculptors was incongruent to Leonardo’s later, stronger, statement about both being equal and found that to be the weakest part of his discussion. We found that the strongest part of the sculptors reply was just that he was concise. He said what he meant without putting judgment or digression against painters, but he could’ve said a little more.