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Insights by artist Dr Jan White on art appreciation & placement of paintings & sculpture in a landscape & interior design setting
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Watery Symbols in Western Art
eLert 11Watery Symbols in Western ArtHave you noticed the dirth of watery symbolic forms that are depicted in Western art of all periods? Did you imagine that these were symbolic forms that convey culturally charged meaning to the viewer? Well, water is one of the most significant symbolic form...
The Symbolic Landscape
eLert 10The Symbolic LandscapeFor the Western viewer the landscape has always had cultural significance. One can break down elements of landscape – the rounded hill, the sea, lakes, rivers and streams; in fact water in all its various forms, three trees in the background, the rocky seashore, an...
Decoding Colin McCahon’s Oeuvre
eLert 9Decoding Colin McCahon’s OeuvreNew Zealand artist Colin McCahon spent several decades developing his repertoire of symbolic forms and colours. He studied the expressive abstracted techniques of German émigré to America, Hans Hofmann. It was Hofmann’s ideas that sparked the works of Jack...
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