Ghyll:NeoPostAncientism - Revision history

Morbus Iff: This one was really really good.

2005-08-29T14:48:25Z

This one was really really good.

Dfaran L'Eniarc: /* Deconstructing a Typical Painting */ Linkifying, put the "Y" in Drying

2005-08-26T21:59:22Z

Deconstructing a Typical Painting: Linkifying, put the "Y" in Drying

Dfaran L'Eniarc: /* Famous NeoPostAncientists */ Minor phrasing change, gave Orerorer a birthdate.

2005-08-26T21:57:39Z

Famous NeoPostAncientists: Minor phrasing change, gave Orerorer a birthdate.

Dfaran L'Eniarc: Written

2005-08-25T22:59:56Z

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Dfaran L'Eniarc: Draftlet

2005-08-24T04:29:10Z

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Dfaran L'Eniarc: Draftette

2005-08-24T02:12:34Z

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Dfaran L'Eniarc: Notes

2005-08-23T03:55:44Z

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Dfaran L'Eniarc: Dib

2005-08-21T17:50:46Z

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Since nobody else is dibbing, I will. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 13:50, 21 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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-'''NeoPostAncientism''' is either a clever and innovative school of artistic expression or a bunch of idiots who wouldn't know PROPER art if it bit them on the rear, depending on who you ask. Whichever the case, NeoPostAncientism is the wave of the future, and more and more artists every day are converting to this new style.
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 The style represents a resurgance of the themes of PostAncientism, in which artists attempt to break free from the stylistic methods of their predecessors and create a new form of art that is completely and utterly unlike anything anyone has seen before. NeoPostAncientists combine usual mediums in new and unusual ways, such as Q. Turlingdrome's controversial "Sculpture in Rich Earth Clay and [[Whifflepeke]]", or find new mediums altogether, as in James Joojooflop Jones's "[[Horse]]", created with a single [[horse]]. Unlike other, more strictly defined art movements, such as Usingonlygreenpaintism, almost anything can be NeoPostAncientism, which explains why there is so much of it around these days.
 ==Famous NeoPostAncientists==
 Famous NeoPostAncientists include:
-* Lucy O'Donnell, known for her simple, bright designs and use of [[Tertiary colors]]. Her most famous work is the "Dodelle", currently housed at the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
+* Lucy O'Donnell, known for her simple, bright designs and use of [[tertiary colors]]. Her most famous work is the "Dodelle", currently housed at the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
 * The Sages, a group of artists who work together to create art that they claim is "entirely devoid of any kind of social commentary or symbolism whatsoever". Their most famous installation, entitled "Nincomppoop", was inspired by the [[Djiknax Creation Manuscripts]] and is currently on display at [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]]. Since the creation of this piece, the group has been calling themselves "Sargewoold Pedresq's Mothre", although they have refused to say if the change is permanent.
-* Sherman Tdz, best known for his interactive, hands-on type pieces, specifically "Skin of Flame", in which a small white room is filled with [[Burnflies]]. The viewer is invited to sit in the very center of the room and watch the [[burnflies]] fly around their head.
+* Sherman Tdz, best known for his interactive, hands-on type pieces, specifically "Skin of Flame", in which a small white room is filled with [[burnflies]]. The viewer is invited to sit in the very center of the room and watch them fly around their head.
 * [[Bobby Shwarmph]], although this is debatable. Unreliable sources claim that he was once known to have said that his magazine [[Aliens Everywhere]] is "Not so much a magazine, my good sirs, as a massive artistic project in which the very thoughts of the people themselves are my medium." If this is true, it would make [[Bobby Shwarmph]] perhaps the greatest NeoPostAncientist of them all. It would also make millions of subscribers feel very silly, but since they already are very silly, that isn't much of a problem.
-* D. R. Orerorer, although technically only a PostAncientist, sparked the NeoPostAncientist movement when his paintings were discovered hidden in the back of a cave in the [[Jorvyll]] mountains in -87 EC. The unusual shapes and designs inspired a resurgance and expansion of the PostAncientist movement, making D. R. Orerorer both the last PostAncientist and the first NeoPostAncientist. He is also the oldest NeoPostAncientist, since he was born in -212 EC and lived until -153 EC, when he died of advanced [[Retrackets]].
+* D. R. Orerorer, although technically only a PostAncientist, sparked the NeoPostAncientist movement when his paintings were discovered hidden in the back of a cave in the [[Jorvyll]] mountains in -87 [[EC]]. The unusual shapes and designs inspired a resurgance and expansion of the PostAncientist movement, making D. R. Orerorer both the last PostAncientist and the first NeoPostAncientist. He is also the oldest NeoPostAncientist, since he was born in -212 [[EC]] and lived until -153 [[EC]], when he died of advanced [[retrackets]].
 ==Deconstructing a Typical Painting==
-[[Image:Summer.png]]
+[[Image:Summer.png|frame|right|"Summer", by Q. Turlingdrome.]]
 Here we have "Summer", by Q. Turlingdrome, a typical piece of the genre. Each individual element in the painting has its own significance, although taken together the whole thing loses any and all meaning, becoming totally random and abstract. Nevertheless, here I will attempt to explain the purpose - or lack thereof - of each symbol.
-*The Background
+* '''The Background''': Most important in the background is the circle, which represents the sun. In Q. Turlingdrome's own words: "Why the sun? Why not the sun, sheesh? I happen to like the sun! It makes things warm." The sun is placed centrally within the painting, because that is the only place where it would fit.
-*[[Blivingdel]]
+* '''[[Blivingdel]]''': The stick-figure depiction of Blivingdel in the lower left corner is a reference to the original PostAncientism, which often used purposefully crude stick figures and earth tones to mock the earlier Ancientism movement. The fact that it is Blivingdel and not someone else, claims Turlingdrome, is of no importance.
-*The Runes
+* '''The Runes''': The odd series of shapes in the upper section of the painting is supposed to represent a series of runes that Q. Turlingdrome made up one day and rather liked. They occur in many of his other works as well.
-*The [[Splak]]
+* '''The [[Splak]]''': In the very upper left corner, Turlingdrome placed what is indeed a small pile of his own [[splak]]. The original painting does contain the k***, although it has been omitted from the above picture for the sake of our younger audience.
-*The Scratches
+* '''The Scratches''': The lines are actually gouges that Q. Turlingdrome cut into his canvas and then painted over. "I wanted to make my artwork bleed", he explained, although he never mentioned why the blood should be red.
-*The Scribble
+* '''The Scribble''': The small scribble in the upper right side of the painting is the address to the home of one of Turlingdrome's friends, which he wrote there while the painting was drying so that he wouldn't forget it later. Supposedly, he didn't have anything else to write on at the time.
 ==NeoPostAncientism in Other Genres==
-NeoPostAncientism is an art form that transcends genres, in that it usually combines many different forms of art into one single artistic piece. However, most NeoPostAncientist pieces are more visual (and perhaps tactile) than anything else. One major exception is the [[Quiver'n'bend]] band [[Turboduck]], who have been experimenting more and more with unusual, NeoPostAncientist techniques in their music. This is also evident in their live concerts, which have recently been becoming more and more extravagantly visual.
+NeoPostAncientism is an art form that transcends genres, in that it usually combines many different forms of art into one single artistic piece. However, most NeoPostAncientist pieces are more visual (and perhaps tactile) than anything else. One major exception is the [[quiver'n'bend]] band [[Turboduck]], who have been experimenting more and more with unusual, NeoPostAncientist techniques in their music. This is also evident in their live concerts, which have recently been becoming more and more extravagantly visual.
 ==Where can I go to see some NeoPostAncientism art?==
 Your best bet would be the [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]], which houses a number of NeoPostAncientist displays including a rather nice mobile from the [[DasMineGold]] Center for Azurian Inquiry.
-'''Citations''': [[Tertiary colors]], [[Turboduck]], [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]]
+'''Citations''': [[Tertiary colors]], [[Turboduck]], [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]].
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 *[[Blivingdel]]
-The stick-figure depiction of [[Blivingdel]] in the lower left corner is a reference to the original PostAncientism, which often used purposefully crude stick figures and earth tones to mock the earlier Ancientism movement. The fact that it is Blivingdel and not someone else, claims Turlingdrome, is of no importance.
+The stick-figure depiction of [[Blivingdel]] in the lower left corner is a reference to the original PostAncientism, which often used purposefully crude stick figures and earth tones to mock the earlier Ancientism movement. The fact that it is [[Blivingdel]] and not someone else, claims Turlingdrome, is of no importance.
 *The Runes
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 *The Scribble
-The small scribble in the upper right side of the painting is the address to the home of one of Turlingdrome's friends, which he wrote there while the painting was dring so that he wouldn't forget it later. Supposedly, he didn't have anything else to write on at the time.
+The small scribble in the upper right side of the painting is the address to the home of one of Turlingdrome's friends, which he wrote there while the painting was drying so that he wouldn't forget it later. Supposedly, he didn't have anything else to write on at the time.
 ==NeoPostAncientism in Other Genres==

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 * [[Bobby Shwarmph]], although this is debatable. Unreliable sources claim that he was once known to have said that his magazine [[Aliens Everywhere]] is "Not so much a magazine, my good sirs, as a massive artistic project in which the very thoughts of the people themselves are my medium." If this is true, it would make [[Bobby Shwarmph]] perhaps the greatest NeoPostAncientist of them all. It would also make millions of subscribers feel very silly, but since they already are very silly, that isn't much of a problem.
-* D. R. Orerorer, although technically only a PostAncientist, sparked the NeoPostAncientist movement when his paintings were discovered hidden in the back of a cave in the [[Jorvyll]] mountains in -87 EC. The unusual shapes and designs inspired a resurgance and expansion of the PostAncientist movement, making D. R. Orerorer both the last PostAncientist and the first NeoPostAncientist. He is also the oldest NeoPostAncientist, since he died in -153 EC of advanced [[Retrackets]].
+* D. R. Orerorer, although technically only a PostAncientist, sparked the NeoPostAncientist movement when his paintings were discovered hidden in the back of a cave in the [[Jorvyll]] mountains in -87 EC. The unusual shapes and designs inspired a resurgance and expansion of the PostAncientist movement, making D. R. Orerorer both the last PostAncientist and the first NeoPostAncientist. He is also the oldest NeoPostAncientist, since he was born in -212 EC and lived until -153 EC, when he died of advanced [[Retrackets]].
 ==Deconstructing a Typical Painting==

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-Since nobody else is dibbing, I will. --[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 13:50, 21 Aug 2005 (EDT)
+'''NeoPostAncientism''' is either a clever and innovative school of artistic expression or a bunch of idiots who wouldn't know PROPER art if it bit them on the rear, depending on who you ask. Whichever the case, NeoPostAncientism is the wave of the future, and more and more artists every day are converting to this new style.
-'''NeoPostAncientism''' is either a clever and innovative school of artistic expression or a bunch of idiots who wouldn't know PROPER art if it bit them on the rear, depending on who you ask. Whichever the case, NeoPostAncientism is the wave of the future, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the dominant art form in Ghyll.
+==Famous NeoPostAncientists==
-The style represents a resurgance of the themes of PostAncientism, in which artists attempt to break free from the stylistic methods of their predecessors and create a new form of art that is completely and utterly unlike anything anyone has seen before. NeoPostAncientists combine usual mediums in new and unusual ways, such as Q. Turlingdrome's controversial "Sculpture in Rich Earth Clay and Whifflepeke", or find new mediums altogether, as in James Joojooflop Jones's "Horse", created with a single horse. Unlike other, more strictly defined art movements, such as Usingonlygreenpaintism, almost anything can be NeoPostAncientism, which explains why there is so much of it around these days.
+Famous NeoPostAncientists include:
-(Example of NeoPostAncientism)
+* [[Bobby Shwarmph]], although this is debatable. Unreliable sources claim that he was once known to have said that his magazine [[Aliens Everywhere]] is "Not so much a magazine, my good sirs, as a massive artistic project in which the very thoughts of the people themselves are my medium." If this is true, it would make [[Bobby Shwarmph]] perhaps the greatest NeoPostAncientist of them all. It would also make millions of subscribers feel very silly, but since they already are very silly, that isn't much of a problem.
-Famous NeoPostAncientists include:
+* D. R. Orerorer, although technically only a PostAncientist, sparked the NeoPostAncientist movement when his paintings were discovered hidden in the back of a cave in the [[Jorvyll]] mountains in -87 EC. The unusual shapes and designs inspired a resurgance and expansion of the PostAncientist movement, making D. R. Orerorer both the last PostAncientist and the first NeoPostAncientist. He is also the oldest NeoPostAncientist, since he died in -153 EC of advanced [[Retrackets]].
-* Lucy O'Donnell, known for her simple, bright designs and use of Tertiary colors. Her most famous work is the "Dodelle", currently housed at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery.
+Here we have "Summer", by Q. Turlingdrome, a typical piece of the genre. Each individual element in the painting has its own significance, although taken together the whole thing loses any and all meaning, becoming totally random and abstract. Nevertheless, here I will attempt to explain the purpose - or lack thereof - of each symbol.
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+*The Runes
-Marksfields has had little time to fight the fight left for him by his predecessor, but it appears he has had little interest in doing so. He mostly seems to ride the wave which ever way it may be taking him. Most recently he has, after moderate public pressure, approved the DasMineGold Center for Azurian Inquiry, which claims to be an outpost of the Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy. It operates in association with the mines in investigating the economic and sculptural possibilities of the ore. Current projects include various types of dwellings, the NeoPostAncientism mobiles now on display at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery, and "something shiny", which they've refused to comment on.
+*The [[Splak]]
-Nevertheless, the public exposure has resulted in a widespread familiarity with the Djaknax Creation Manuscripts and the controversy surrounding them, even among the lay public. In fact, a recent installation in the Zaprosingfrink Gallery by a group of artists from the NeoPostAncientist school incorporated the fatal phrase "teh huor of dooom is upon us all!" written several thousand times in various substances and was signed "Sargewoold Pedresq's mothre."
+*The Scratches
-One of Ghyll's more prestigious research stations, the DasMineGold Center for Azurian Inquiry, which claims to be an outpost of the Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy, operates in association with the mines in investigating the economic and sculptural possiblities of the ore. Current projects include various types of dwellings, an economical aelfant shoe, and the NeoPostAncientism mobiles, now on display at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery.
+*The Scribble
-Burnflies are classified as "Composite" in the classical biological taxonomy, as they are both "Insectile" and "Nocturnal". Tiny, bioluminescent, winged creatures, they are social but not hive organisms. Burnflies are trainable and long lived. They mate one to one, hunt in packs, and are found wherever moderate temperatures and an ample supply of prey smaller than themselves can be found. In most regions they are encouraged and welcomed; they control agricultural pests, add a brilliance to rural evening and morning landscapes, and are even used in some forms of modern art.
+==NeoPostAncientism in Other Genres==
-Normal" life in Egron doesn't consist of much: shambling to and fro, conceptual art based on the limbs of the lost, choruses of madness with no rhyme or reason, wheelbarrow races over flower gardens (an odd attempt at inter-species pollination), and what appears to be preservation: numerous infected have seen fit to write down their insanities, crafting a book not of the occult, but of oddities oppressed. It is currently unknown if any sane soul remains in Egron, or whether writing is a sufficient method of propulgation
+'''Citations''': [[Tertiary colors]], [[Turboduck]], [[Zaprosingfrink Gallery]]
-Other artists of note include Lucy O'Donnell, whose experiments in incongruent imagery have made her artwork highly prized among the vlorm-smoking populace, who claim that the experience is enhanced by contemplating the colorful doodles.
+--[[User:Dfaran L'Eniarc|Dfaran L'Eniarc]] 18:59, 25 Aug 2005 (EDT)

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	'''NeoPostAncientism''' is either a clever and innovative school of artistic expression or a bunch of idiots who wouldn't know PROPER art if it bit them on the rear, depending on who you ask. Whichever the case, NeoPostAncientism is the wave of the future, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the dominant art form in Ghyll.		'''NeoPostAncientism''' is either a clever and innovative school of artistic expression or a bunch of idiots who wouldn't know PROPER art if it bit them on the rear, depending on who you ask. Whichever the case, NeoPostAncientism is the wave of the future, and it is only a matter of time before it becomes the dominant art form in Ghyll.
−	The style represents a resurgance of the themes of PostAncientism, in which artists attempt to break free from the stylistic methods of their predecessors and create a new form of art that is completely and utterly unlike anything anyone has seen before.	+	The style represents a resurgance of the themes of PostAncientism, in which artists attempt to break free from the stylistic methods of their predecessors and create a new form of art that is completely and utterly unlike anything anyone has seen before. NeoPostAncientists combine usual mediums in new and unusual ways, such as Q. Turlingdrome's controversial "Sculpture in Rich Earth Clay and Whifflepeke", or find new mediums altogether, as in James Joojooflop Jones's "Horse", created with a single horse. Unlike other, more strictly defined art movements, such as Usingonlygreenpaintism, almost anything can be NeoPostAncientism, which explains why there is so much of it around these days.

		+	(Example of NeoPostAncientism)
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		+	Famous NeoPostAncientists include:
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		+	* Lucy O'Donnell, known for her simple, bright designs and use of Tertiary colors. Her most famous work is the "Dodelle", currently housed at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery.
		+	* The Sages, a group of artists who work together to create art that they claim is "entirely devoid of any kind of social commentary or symbolism whatsoever". Their most famous installation, entitled "Nincomppoop", was inspired by the Djiknax Creation Manuscripts and is currently on display at Zaprosingfrink Gallery. Since the creation of this piece, the group has been calling themselves "Sargewoold Pedresq's Mothre", although they have refused to say if the change is permanent.

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		+	Marksfields has had little time to fight the fight left for him by his predecessor, but it appears he has had little interest in doing so. He mostly seems to ride the wave which ever way it may be taking him. Most recently he has, after moderate public pressure, approved the DasMineGold Center for Azurian Inquiry, which claims to be an outpost of the Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy. It operates in association with the mines in investigating the economic and sculptural possibilities of the ore. Current projects include various types of dwellings, the NeoPostAncientism mobiles now on display at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery, and "something shiny", which they've refused to comment on.
		+
		+	Nevertheless, the public exposure has resulted in a widespread familiarity with the Djaknax Creation Manuscripts and the controversy surrounding them, even among the lay public. In fact, a recent installation in the Zaprosingfrink Gallery by a group of artists from the NeoPostAncientist school incorporated the fatal phrase "teh huor of dooom is upon us all!" written several thousand times in various substances and was signed "Sargewoold Pedresq's mothre."
		+
		+	One of Ghyll's more prestigious research stations, the DasMineGold Center for Azurian Inquiry, which claims to be an outpost of the Aminfarances Institute of Science and Technomancy, operates in association with the mines in investigating the economic and sculptural possiblities of the ore. Current projects include various types of dwellings, an economical aelfant shoe, and the NeoPostAncientism mobiles, now on display at the Zaprosingfrink Gallery.
		+
		+	Burnflies are classified as "Composite" in the classical biological taxonomy, as they are both "Insectile" and "Nocturnal". Tiny, bioluminescent, winged creatures, they are social but not hive organisms. Burnflies are trainable and long lived. They mate one to one, hunt in packs, and are found wherever moderate temperatures and an ample supply of prey smaller than themselves can be found. In most regions they are encouraged and welcomed; they control agricultural pests, add a brilliance to rural evening and morning landscapes, and are even used in some forms of modern art.
		+
		+	Normal" life in Egron doesn't consist of much: shambling to and fro, conceptual art based on the limbs of the lost, choruses of madness with no rhyme or reason, wheelbarrow races over flower gardens (an odd attempt at inter-species pollination), and what appears to be preservation: numerous infected have seen fit to write down their insanities, crafting a book not of the occult, but of oddities oppressed. It is currently unknown if any sane soul remains in Egron, or whether writing is a sufficient method of propulgation