Liber Veritatis

Ideally an artwork needs no explanation; the work resting on its own merits. Nonetheless, an account may reveal what the artist wanted to do, what social forces were at work, whether the artist wanted to change society’s perception of the world or if it was simply some hack work made on commission. When the public is confronted with unconventional new work using a Distilled Light mode, the artist should ‘stand in the dock’. Knowing the artist’s intentions lifts the veil of unfamiliarity so that a critic can assess the relevance of a work for themselves.
Artists are scolded for failing to mimic patterns of nature when our real task is to make nature echo the aberrations in ourselves. There are rhythms in the heart and soul not always present in landscapes of this world.

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Liber Veritatis

Ideally an artwork needs no explanation; the work resting on its own merits. Nonetheless, an account may reveal what the artist wanted to do, what social forces were at work, whether the artist wanted to change society’s perception of the world or if it was simply some hack work made on commission. When the public is confronted with unconventional new work using a Distilled Light mode, the artist should ‘stand in the dock’. Knowing the artist’s intentions lifts the veil of unfamiliarity so that a critic can assess the relevance of a work for themselves.
Artists are scolded for failing to mimic patterns of nature when our real task is to make nature echo the aberrations in ourselves. There are rhythms in the heart and soul not always present in landscapes of this world.

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Liber Veritatis

Liber Veritatis

by John A B Lansdown
Liber Veritatis

Liber Veritatis

by John A B Lansdown

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Ideally an artwork needs no explanation; the work resting on its own merits. Nonetheless, an account may reveal what the artist wanted to do, what social forces were at work, whether the artist wanted to change society’s perception of the world or if it was simply some hack work made on commission. When the public is confronted with unconventional new work using a Distilled Light mode, the artist should ‘stand in the dock’. Knowing the artist’s intentions lifts the veil of unfamiliarity so that a critic can assess the relevance of a work for themselves.
Artists are scolded for failing to mimic patterns of nature when our real task is to make nature echo the aberrations in ourselves. There are rhythms in the heart and soul not always present in landscapes of this world.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940165880605
Publisher: John A B Lansdown
Publication date: 06/14/2022
Series: Art of Lansdown , #1
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
Sales rank: 726,734
File size: 14 MB
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About the Author

Formative years in the scenic Lakelands of North West England shaped John A B Lansdown into an outside landscape painter. Making violins at the prestigious Newark School in Nottinghamshire garnered a discipline that rubbed off onto his fine art. Watercolours, sketches and oil paintings interweave his poems and plays. Selling paintings internationally, he exhibits in Bulgaria, Austria, France and England. His prime displacement activity is playing a hand-made cigar box guitar accompanied by a voice allegedly resembling a tormented alley cat.

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