Thursday, July 06, 2006
'On Art and Life'....
from the 'great ideas' series recently put out by penguin books.
Beauty is the proper combination of monotany and change.
change comes by an adding of harmony to a monotonous tone,
or by the introduction of an entirely new element after a repetitious series.
nature deals in both sets of change.
the ocean and it's waves is an example of harmonious change...whereby waves are manifestly the same, yet different in angle and curvature.
a field of grass being interrupted by a standing stone is an example of the second type of change.
beauty includes rudeness....the introduction of originality at the expense of a polished finished product.
this nineteenth century thinker was prophetic in his vision of the effects mass production and division of labor would have on man.
And of course I like the man's Platonism...
wikipedia's john ruskin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
from the 'great ideas' series recently put out by penguin books.
Beauty is the proper combination of monotany and change.
change comes by an adding of harmony to a monotonous tone,
or by the introduction of an entirely new element after a repetitious series.
nature deals in both sets of change.
the ocean and it's waves is an example of harmonious change...whereby waves are manifestly the same, yet different in angle and curvature.
a field of grass being interrupted by a standing stone is an example of the second type of change.
beauty includes rudeness....the introduction of originality at the expense of a polished finished product.
this nineteenth century thinker was prophetic in his vision of the effects mass production and division of labor would have on man.
And of course I like the man's Platonism...
wikipedia's john ruskin:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ruskin
