One of the ideas we discussed about Plato's Allegory of the Cave was the differences in perceptions between observers. I thought of a way to illustrate (no pun intended) this phenomenon, by comparing the three generations of great painters, the Wyeths -- grandfather, father, son. N. C. Wyeth was the illustrator par excellence -- his perception was enlarged by imagination.
His son, Andrew semed to focus on the minute details of everyday life.
While his grandson, Jamie, seemed to pursue a larger scope of realism, doing landscapes and catching nature in his vision.
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