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TRIUMPHS OF ARTIFICE: MIXING BAD FAITH & GOOD CONSCIENCE

When you’re not by my side The world’s in two, and I’m a fool When you’re not in my sight Then everything, just fades from view The mystery of love belongs to you The mystery of love belongs to you … Continue reading

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SEMIOTICALLY SPEAKING:A Determined Lack of PURPOSE

“To Roland Barthes, the gap in meaning at the heart of the aesthetic experience opened up the possibility of an orgasmic explosion of the parameters of the self, a vertiginous liberation into the joys of an abyss outside of even … Continue reading

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THE FUSSY BACHELOR: “BRILLIANT CONTROL” IN THE CONTEXT OF HYSTERIA

“In his The True Value of Oppositions in Life and Art and elsewhere Mondrian argued in favour of trying to reconcile a series of binary oppositions such as good and evil through painting: generally in life we readily perceive oppositions as particular forms, … Continue reading

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ECSTASY OF GEOMETRY: READING BETWEEN THE LINES

What was the nature of the quest that moved the Dutch painter Piet Mondrian (1872–1944) to abandon the representation of nature in favor of an art of pure abstraction? What, exactly, did Mondrian believe that he had achieved? In any … Continue reading

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MONDRIAN: THEOSOPHICALLY PAINTING THE GOLDEN CALF

Art for Piet Mondrian( 1872-1944) was a cultural product and a cultural weapon, a privileged instrument for the construction of an urban and, in the best sense of the word, artificial order. Yet Mondrian’s perception of the world, no matter … Continue reading

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STRANGE HABITS OF VISUAL NEURONS

During the 20th century many different art forms and movements came to life. The Dutch painter, Piet Mondrian (1872-1944) was a pioneer in the development of abstraction one of the most important art movement of the times. His works from … Continue reading

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