The History of Philosophical Ideas and Their Expression in Art

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Анна Ивановна Маслякова. The History of Philosophical Ideas and Their Expression in Art

Introduction

The Healing Power of Art

The Big History of Art

Musical and Aesthetic Concept of Alexander Scriabin

There is No Place Like Rome

Chapter I

Literary Essay I

Philosophical Issues I

Dialog of Arts I

Temples of Culture I

How to Understand a Work of Art? Step I

Chapter II

Once Upon a Time

Literary Essay II

Philosophical Issues II

Dialog of Arts II

Back to the Future

Temples of Culture II

The Cats

Chapter III

Dream, and They Might Come True

Literary Essay III

Philosophical Issues III

Temples of Culture III

Dialog of Arts III

Chapter IV

In Search of Lost Time

Literary Essay IV

Philosophical Issues IV

Dialog of Arts IV

Temples of Culture IV

The Snow Queen

Chapter V

Pride and Prejudice

Literary Essay V

Philosophical Issues V

Dialog of Arts V

Temples of Culture V

How to Understand a Work of Art? Step II

Chapter VI

It Is a Small World

Philosophical Issues VI

Literary Essay VI

Dialog of Arts VI

Temples of Culture VI

Swan Lake

Chapter VII

I Did It My Way

Literary Essay VII

More Than a Language

Dialog of Arts VII

Ars Longa, Vita Brevis

Temples of Culture VII

Reunion

How to Understand a Work of Art? Step III

Conclusion

Archeology of Art

Literature

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It is generally accepted that there are Turning Points in our lives that Change Us Forever. So, let me tell you My Story.

I remember my mother sitting at the piano and playing the “Swan Lake”. It was then that I decided to become a Musician. I had no fear of performing in front of the audience and I could play the piano without even looking at the keyboard.

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As we have mentioned before, the Romans adopted Greek inventions and developed them on a much larger scale. In Ancient Roman Villas – country houses of nobility rectangular in their shape – they combined Perystilium (a garden surrounded by columns reminding of the Medieval Cloister) and Atrium (the most important part where the guests were greeted) complemented by Compluvium (a square roof opening) and Impluvium (a pool for rainwater). Villas in Pompeii were richly decorated with frescoes of different styles – creating the illusion of marble or panoramic view (like “a window”), emphasizing the flatness of the wall with figures “floating” on it or reintroducing architecture and jumbling together fragments of buildings – and all of them can be seen at the House of Vettii.

And yet, there was a tendency in Roman Philosophy towards individualism and agnosticism (Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism). People were more interested in entertainments, such as Gladiatorial Fights, execution of Christians at the Colosseum and Nero’s singing. It is said that Nero ordered to burn Rome in order to clear the space for his new palace – Domus Aurea designed by Fabulus. It was embellished with gold and decorated with Grotesques which inspired Raphael to create his Loggias in Vatican (and we also have their copies at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg). After the Emperor’s death the Golden House was filled with earth and built over (Flavian Amphitheater, Baths of Trajan, etc.). By the way, the plan of the Trajan’s Forum reminds of the embracing arms of the Bernini Colonnade, while the structure of Caldarium – a special room with hot water pool at the Roman Baths which had a dome with an opening or oculus – calls to mind the Octagonal Room in the Domus Aurea and the Pantheon. Surprisingly enough, there even was an Ancient Roman Baroque Style, in other words, architects used traditional vocabulary in a different way including too ornate decoration, projections, recessions and broken pediments in their projects (for example, the Market Gate of Miletus in Berlin).

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