Monday, November 28, 2011

Art & Physics- Chapter 3

"All curiosty is at an end after Jesus , all research after the gospel. Let us have Faith and wish for nothing more." - Tertullian

Euclids theories and science didn't exactly match up with the popular Christian beliefs- go figure. Soon a large gap, or as many call "Cracks and splinter" between science and Christianity began to form. With the Christan heaven and seventh heaven people didn't know up from down. The timeline delima comes about- what is eternity? when was Genesis? was it time if nothing happened? if god intended time and space, when was that?
So you could say some people are a bit bias against Christianity and hold a grudge. Vasari, the author of Lives of the Artist, credits the loss of art strictly to the Christians and the purging of anything pagan or evil... which would lead to the dark ages.. and yada yada yada everything goes bye bye. BUT after the dark ages a new version of space, light, and time would come about reflecting a larger culture.
With this the use of shapes began emerging in mosaics and space was discontinuous. And geometry was soon part of the rules of art, changes such as :
a point cannot occupy more than one locus
different moments show same figure doing different things in art
time is no longer straight but with shapes and zones
everything has a sequence and order, without all is useless
BUT
light did not travel
light is now from the soul
shown only through rays or a halo
light is all spirit- as shown through glass in Gothic cathedrals

Now Christianity had replaced all science and art. It was the all winning philosophy, rejecting those that did not agree. Christianity although at first mild mannered would take a radical spin into control western world cultures and views.

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