>>7765139
>the academic style
nobody's talking about the academic style
>golden standard
according to whom? neither the critics nor collectors consider it such, and considering the number of artists pursuing it, neither do artists
>full scenes, with people, animals, objects placed in a landscape or architecture
relatively small, costumed figures in a scene, not nudes taking up 80% of the canvas
head, neck, hands are the only critical anatomy, everything else is situational
>practically the guy with a full classic education will be better
>t. doesn't know jack shit about landscape painters