Plato Epiphany SOLD Painting

Signed mounted print 11.93 x 15.98 inches 1/9 An epiphany (from the ancient Greek ἐπιφάνεια, epiphaneia, "manifestation, striking appearance") is an experience of sudden and striking realization. In the “Philebus of Plato” (originally titled "Plato's Examination of Pleasure") Socrates says: “I will try to speak of the beauty of shapes, and I do not mean, as most people would suppose, the shapes of living figures, or their imitations in painting, but I mean straight lines and curves and the shapes made from them, by the lathe ruler or square. They are not beautiful for a particular reason or purpose, as other things are, but are eternally, and by their very nature, beautiful, and give a pleasure of their own quite free of the itch of their desire; and in their way colours can give a similar pleasure." A phrase that we like to use when trying to add a bit of humour to what might be considered a stressed out life is, “It’s all Greek to me.” But in this case I was studying the above quotation way back in the 1970s,when teaching painting to mature students at The Dartington Hall Trust in South Devon. My friend John Hoyland RA back in the 1950s at the Royal Academy Schools -had the Plato epiphany… painting without a realistic form to prop up the intellect is a challenge of cosmic proportions.

Painting:Acrylic on Paper

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:72 W x 48 H x 1 D in

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