Art Ephiphany

Come to think of it, the first epiphany I ever had was actually in my AP Art History class my last semester in High School. We were talking about the development of photography and how that impacted art and I came to the realization that relaism could no longer hold a candle to photography and that art became not so much a medium of depiction of a theme as much as a medium to convey the essence of a theme. In other words with the development of photography, paintings could no longer compete with technology for realism and had to express ideas rather than accurate depictions of themes. It was mind-blowing - I almost fell off my seat.