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it’s an ordered world: plane enjoyment
The essential element in any classical composition is order. Although, all composition is order in one form or another, in classical composition order is associated with the idea of repose and possibly can exist for itself alone as an exercise, … Continue reading
easel does it: I’ll paint with my donkey
Old easels never die, they just drag themselves into the woods on their last legs to become recycled, resurrected again to serve the aims of art. When painting came off the wall and onto the floor, the deed was done … Continue reading
MAN, THE MARKET and THE MESSIAH
Pious consumption. As Easter is upon us, so is a recurring drama of what the holiday means. Believer based critiques as opposed to the deeply secular and atheistic. It is often a case of the message overwhelming the medium and … Continue reading
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TENDER ANTIQUARIAN STOOP
We look at old pictures through a double frame. The solid gilt frame which isolates it from its surroundings and creates for it a hole in space; and the period frame in our minds which creates for it a hole … Continue reading
The Rhino Horn: Violent Aesthetic Power
Salvador Dali on Vermeer’s ”The Lacemaker”: ”Up until now The Lacemaker has always been considered a very peaceful, very calm painting, but for me it is possessed by the most violent aesthetic power, to which only the recently discovered antiproton … Continue reading
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Tagged Johannes Vermeer, Mark Jenkins, Salvador dali, The lacemaker
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Counterfeiting A Visual World
Johannes Vermeer, is a Dutch master, whose mystique is enhanced by the near inexistant , obscure and fragmentary knowledge available. He is an invisible artist who remains unseen. Vermeer (1632-1675) was a baroque Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior … Continue reading
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