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The Incubator - Art at the Library
Author
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The idea of heaven on earth haunts the human imagination. The day will come, say believers, when the pain and confusion of mortal life will give way to a transfigured community. Such a vision of the world seems indelible. Even politics, some reckon, has not escaped from the realm of the sacred: its dreams of the future still borrow their imagery from the prophets. 0In 'Heaven on Earth', T.J. Clark sets out to investigate the very different ways painting...
Author
Publisher
Laboratory Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Somewhere in Europe - we don't know where - around 1700. An artist is staring at something on the floor next to her worktable. It's just a log from the woodpile, stood on end. The soft, damp bark; the gently raised growth rings; the dark radial cracks - nothing could be more ordinary . But as the artist looks, and looks, colors begin to appear - shapes - even figures. She turns to a sheet of paper and begins to paint. Today this anonymous artist's...
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