http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/17/artist-spotlight-alan-macdonald/ Interestingness, curated – picking culture's collective brain for innovation, inspiration & brilliant ideas Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/17/artist-spotlight-alan-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-2427 brainpicker Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:38:36 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1232#comment-2427 What an interesting point about design, I never thought of it this way. I guess it's even more true of fashion photography, which – just like the religious paintings of the past – depicts social and gender roles in their most typified extremes, perpetuating the culture of hegemony in a way analogous to how the Medieval church did. What an interesting point about design, I never thought of it this way. I guess it’s even more true of fashion photography, which – just like the religious paintings of the past – depicts social and gender roles in their most typified extremes, perpetuating the culture of hegemony in a way analogous to how the Medieval church did.

]]> http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2008/12/17/artist-spotlight-alan-macdonald/comment-page-1/#comment-2424 James Kurtz III Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:09:34 +0000 http://www.brainpickings.org/?p=1232#comment-2424 Amazing. I've always thought that modern graphic design was much like religious paintings in that they're both commissioned by the most powerful institutions of their time. I was unfamiliar with Alan Macdonald. Thank you for bringing his work to my attention. Amazing. I’ve always thought that modern graphic design was much like religious paintings in that they’re both commissioned by the most powerful institutions of their time. I was unfamiliar with Alan Macdonald. Thank you for bringing his work to my attention.

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