>>7775440
That hyperrealistic rendering is groteque and uncomfortable to look at.

>>7775444

Nothing in digital art transfers over to classical painting. Those japanese artists are failing because they dont have the genetics of southern european artists nor the correct technical training.

>>7775755
No one alive is at the level of mastery for classical painting. Its not just the time it takes.

>>7776675
Yes, the rich have lost their aesthetic sense, but there is an objective beauty to classical art that trancends our dead art zeitgeist. The rich can promote ugly things as they do today, but that doesnt negate this objective reality.

>>7778024
>There are hundreds of people making technically and aesthetically magnificent traditional work

None at the level of old masters, which is why their mediocre art will never be make waves.