Inherited Gifts
Dec. 2nd, 2015 09:43 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
poliphiloJudy and I like to argue about whether artistic talent can be inherited. She says it can and I say it can't.
Yesterday I stumbled upon a family tree that supports her position.
John Doyle- Irish cartoonist- begat Richard and Charles Doyle- both of them distinuguished graphic artists- and Charles Doyle begat Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
What I'd say to her, if she ever found out about the Doyles, is that instances of artistic gifts manifesting in three generations of the same family are vanishingly rare. Can you think of another? I can't.
Yesterday I stumbled upon a family tree that supports her position.
John Doyle- Irish cartoonist- begat Richard and Charles Doyle- both of them distinuguished graphic artists- and Charles Doyle begat Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes.
What I'd say to her, if she ever found out about the Doyles, is that instances of artistic gifts manifesting in three generations of the same family are vanishingly rare. Can you think of another? I can't.
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Date: 2015-12-02 12:34 pm (UTC)For the Redgraves and the Foxs acting is the family business. These acting dynasties are a bit like banking dynasties or firms that pass from father to son. The question is whether talent is being passed down or merely a learned skill or trade. Do great actors produce children who are also great actors? I can think of odd examples. Michael Redgrave was a great actor and so is his daughter Vanessa. I'm not sure any other members of the family show extraordinary talent. Another two great actors who were members of the same family were Ellen Terry and John Gielgud