Realisation-from Seeing to Understanding
The Origins of Art
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Popular Culture
| Author: | Julian Spalding | ISBN: | 9781908524461 |
| Publisher: | Bitter Lemon Press | Publication: | March 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Wilmington Square Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Julian Spalding |
| ISBN: | 9781908524461 |
| Publisher: | Bitter Lemon Press |
| Publication: | March 16, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Wilmington Square Books |
| Language: | English |
Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe. We perceived the world as a body, like ours, then as a tree, a pyramid, an altar, and finally as a veil which became a window through which we peered only to discover ourselves on a sphere, a bubble which might burst at any moment. Our changing views are interpreted through iconic images of the remote and more recent past: the Venus of Willendorf, the Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, the Scream, Sydney Opera House, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao.
Our world view has changed from a flat earth under the dome of heaven to a planet spinning in the universe. We perceived the world as a body, like ours, then as a tree, a pyramid, an altar, and finally as a veil which became a window through which we peered only to discover ourselves on a sphere, a bubble which might burst at any moment. Our changing views are interpreted through iconic images of the remote and more recent past: the Venus of Willendorf, the Pyramids, Stonehenge, the Taj Mahal, the Scream, Sydney Opera House, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao.
