November 4, 2007

  • Talking of Michelangelo:

    High Concept

    On this date in 1948, T. S. Eliot
    won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

    The 4x4 square

     Non ha l'ottimo artista in se alcun concetto,
    Ch'un marmo solo in se non circoscriva
    Col suo soverchio; e solo a quello arriva
    La man che ubbidisce all'intelletto.
    (The best artist has in himself no concept
    in a single block of marble not contained;
    only the hand obeying mind will find it.)
    -- Michelangelo, as quoted
    Idea: A Concept in Art Theory