What is the shared essence of a human figure in an impressionist painting and that of a Romanesque figurine
On 4/26/09 12:42 AM, "armando baeza" <[email protected]> wrote: The human figure had the same essence five thousand years ago as today. but may be represented in endless ways. So are colors and form. Actually, all things of nature are timeless, although evolving and also changing. In reference to art, timelessness is preferable to the narrow parochial. mando On Apr 25, 2009, at 6:47 PM, Saul Ostrow wrote: > Different era's have thought different qualities were timeless - > so no > timeless to one era is not timeless to another - your confusing > tradition with > timeless - the nude and colors are not prescribed as universals per > se just > constants - in that color is used to very different ends over the > course of > history and so is the representation of the human figure - > consequently they > are universals on the most reductive level because they subscribe > to no > particular standards, criteria, or values > > On 4/25/09 9:04 PM, "armando baeza" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Timelessness refers to all periods equally, no? The more gadgets we > include > in art, the more difficult art gets. That's why i stay with the and > nude > body. > And Congers stays with color and form and Boris stays with nature, I > think. > > mando > > On Apr 25, 2009, at 2:12 PM, Saul Ostrow wrote: > >> Or inversely it has come to be associated with some other periods >> sense of >> timelessness >> >> >> On 4/25/09 2:19 PM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> In a message dated 4/25/09 1:46:57 PM, [email protected] writes: >> >> >>> Whether art, local or universal, only depicts the historically >>> personal, >>> without a sense of timelessness it's place will remain just >>> historical. >>> >>> >> >> Presumably that means that some historically personal portraits >> which >> continue to be accepted as art have some aspect of "timelessness". >> Kate Sullivan >> >> >> >> ************** >> Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. >> Try the new Email Toolbar now! >> (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown00000027) >> >> >> >> -- >> >> >> > > ____________________________________________ Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http://www.cia.edu/> The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44106 ____________________________________________ > > Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture > > Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http:// > www.cia.edu/> > > The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, > OH 44106 > > > > ____________________________________________ > >> >> Saul Ostrow | Visual Arts & Technologies Environment Chair, Sculpture >> >> Voice: 216-421-7927 | [email protected] | www.cia.edu<http:// >> www.cia.edu/> >> >> The Cleveland Institute of Art | 11141 East Boulevard, Cleveland, >> OH 44106 > > > > -- --
