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To: null and void; Zakeet; Colofornian

Hopkinson was a below average third tier Mormon artist. The reason the painting is even in the temple can be explained in three words. Free, Free, Free!

And the unsophisticated viewers only saw subjects, not fine art. And throw in some bosom burning and legends are created.


19 posted on 07/04/2014 7:51:14 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: Utah Binger

The message is the medium. The Bayeux Tapestry isn’t Fine Art by any stretch,(or even an actual tapestry) but it is still a cultural icon.


21 posted on 07/04/2014 7:57:10 AM PDT by null and void (If Bill Clinton was the first black president, why isn't Barack Obama the first woman president?)
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To: Utah Binger

Their heads look like they’ve been photoshoppned onto their bodies. Not the guy at the desk, but most of the rest of them do, anyway.


23 posted on 07/04/2014 8:11:48 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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