Van der Leeuw sees all art as being representational rather than non-representational or obscure. However, he believes that all pictorial art, such as paintings or sculptures, is not only representational, but also focuses on the form. Out of the five arts Van der Leeuw describes, he sees images as the center. Or the most grounded option. It is moderate and inbetween the extremes of the other four.
Pictorial images, like architecture, lack a sense of movement. They are a captured moment in time. Static.
Van der Leeuw sees all art to be inspired by God. He is always present in so-called human creations.
I can see how Van der Leeuw believes this. A painting by Michel Foucault features a huge pipe, and underneath the pipe, it says, “Ceci n’est une pipe”, French for “this is not a pipe”. What the artist it trying to convey is that he did not produce an actual pipe, but instead reproduced an image of one. In this sense, no pictorial art is original and instead simply represents something else already in existence.
Pictorial images, like architecture, lack a sense of movement. They are a captured moment in time. Static.
Van der Leeuw sees all art to be inspired by God. He is always present in so-called human creations.
I can see how Van der Leeuw believes this. A painting by Michel Foucault features a huge pipe, and underneath the pipe, it says, “Ceci n’est une pipe”, French for “this is not a pipe”. What the artist it trying to convey is that he did not produce an actual pipe, but instead reproduced an image of one. In this sense, no pictorial art is original and instead simply represents something else already in existence.
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