How Digital Art Challenges Traditional Art

<p>Go back in time and enter any of the famous&nbsp;<a href="https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/310/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Palaeolithic</a>&nbsp;caves full of animal representations, finger prints, and hunting scenes. We are amazed by how prehistoric pigments and drawings survived until today so that we can witness their greatness.</p> <p>Imagine you are standing in front of a painting. You are admiring Vermeer&rsquo;s famous Girl with a Pearl Earring. Great portrait, with wonderful contrast, light, and colours. That vivid look makes you shiver. The perfection of the painting technique astonishes you second by second. You dive into an unknown universe thinking about the girl, about the artist, and the meaning of the work.</p> <p>Now imagine you move to an obscure room and admire a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/d/digital-art" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">digital creation</a>&nbsp;that is running on a large screen. There is movement, maybe a character blinks or the rivers flow. It looks so real that you feel immersed in the story. However, you can not smell it, or see the layers behind it because this is digital content.</p> <p>Nowadays there are various artistic mediums so how can one tell which is more relevant? Will the birth of a new technique bring the death of older ones? Will digital tools replace classic art? If this happens does it mean traditional mediums are obsolete?</p> <p><a href="https://different-level.medium.com/how-digital-art-challenges-traditional-art-6396ccd5afb0"><strong>Click Here</strong></a></p>
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