Victor Passmore - Couverture souple

Victor Passmore

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0900955511 ISBN 13 : 9780900955518

Editeur : Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

Front-cover: Beauty and the Beast, 1992-95 (detail)

It was said by the philosopher, David Hume, that Beauty is not in objects, but in the eye of the beholder. Nevertheless, whatever truth there is in this statement, Beauty is a function of not only human emotion, but also of order and as such cannot be perceived except in terms of objects. My aim, therefore, has been to create independant objects; not objectively like machines, but subjectively.

But the question arises as to whether Painting, as a totally independent object, can maintain the prestige which it has inherited from history; that is to say, as also a language of extraneous sensations and ideas like Poetry. ...

Art, however, is also a function of reason; ...

But either way great Painting involves a symbol of not only visual sensations and ideas, but also of Life. The Image of Beauty, therefore, can have two faces one of which is tragic; a condition which has made it an emotional extension of Religion, as well as Science, throughout the ages.

Victor Passmore
1995

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Marlborough Fine Art (London) Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0900955511
• ISBN 13: 9780900955518
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 16
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible