The Arts of the West


Pt. 2 - The Middle Ages











Foreshadowing Globalism in the Arts of the West: the Romanesque
The parallel development of pan-national art and social structures in the High Middle Ages






Poison Fruit: Gothic Beauty and the Roots of Churchianity
The blurring of Church and crown through the development of the Gothic in 12th-century France






Divine Kings and Noble Parasites... How Could that Go Wrong?
Historical background - the aristocracy as a parallel and hostile social structure to the emergent nations of the West






What is the Gothic Part 1: Vaulting into Architecture
The basics of Gothic architecture and it's history, pt. 1






What is the Gothic Part 2: Architecture Expresses Culture
The basics of Gothic architecture and it's history, pt. 2 and it's cultural ties





What Happened to the Gothic?!? Moral Inversion and "Medieval" Fiction
An occult post on the corruption of the idea of Gothic in an "Enlightened" age. 




What is Art? The View from the West
Conceptual Background - overview of the concept of the art of the West that was worked out in an earlier string of posts.





Gothic Art and the Art of Secondary Meanings
The basics of Gothic sculpture and the tie to the social and ecclesiastic changes seen in the above posts.







The basics of Gothic painting in Northern Europe and the "radical" idea that the Art of the West was really a product of medieval culture and not Renaissance theory.







Inventing "Art" - the Gothic Learns Italian
The unique culture of medieval Italy and new ideas about pictures and reality. 







Born at a Crossroads - The End of the Gothic and the Art of the West pt. I












 
 
Part 3 "The Renaissance"
 
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 






















How Paintings Mean - Trust your Eyes and See the Syntax





Renaissance Intensifies - Michelangelo and the Big Picture

































































La Serenissima Part One - Venice, its Painting & Organic Community before the Renaissance





La Serenissima Part Two - Venice, Art & Organic Community in the Renaissance





The Logic of [Church] - Art, Ontology & Reformation






The Fruits of Reformation







No comments:

Post a Comment

Most Popular Posts