I mean the power of specifically growing out of one's self, of making the past and the strange one

body with the near and the present, of healing wounds, replacing what is lost, repairing broken molds.

Friedrich Nietzsche

Stefan Arteni

Visual art, evolutionary game theory, cybernetics, logic of distinctions, polycontexturality: a heuristic musing.

Addenda
[Notes for a lecture-demonstration; March 9, 2006, QCC Art Gallery CUNY, New York]

SolInvictusPress 2007

An Alternative Comparative History Of European Painting

Greek Metope

Greek vase painting

Raoul Dufy

Etruscan wall paintings

Massimo Campigli

Etruscan sculptures

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Roman wall paintings

Pompei, Villa dei Misteri, wall paintings

Roman wall paintings

Pompei, Villa dei Misteri wall painting

Roman mosaic, details, Theseus and Ariadne, 2nd century AD, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Gino Severini

Pompei, Villa dei Misteri, painted architectures

Francesco di Giorgio

Domus Aurea, wall painting

Palaeochristian wall paintings

Palaeochristian incised work

Egyptian (Coptic) wall paintings

Carolingian wall painting, Mstair

Carolingian miniature

Carolingian era ivory

Ottonian miniatures

Ottonian miniature

Ottonian miniature

Padova frescos by Massimo Campigli

1940, Scalone per il Palazzo del Bo, University of Padova. Frescos by Gio Ponti assisted by Fulvio Pendini and Lisa Ponti

Santa Ceclia de Montserrat, early Romanesque wall marking

Paul Klee

Marino Marini

Marino Marini, Pomona (detail)

Marino Marini

Marino Marini

Marino Marini

Marino Marini

Marino Marini

Carcassonne, castle. A frieze with a battle between Frankish and Saracen knights may reproduce one of the encounters in which viscount Bernard Aton Trencavel took part during the First Crusade.

Romanesque wall painting

Castel Appiano Chapel

Spanish Romanesque wall painting

Sant Pere del Burgal

San Justo de Segovia, Romanesque wall painting

San Justo de Segovia, Romanesque wall painting

Agnani cathedral, wall painting

Auxerre cathedral, wall painting

Lambach, wall painting

St Jacques des Gurets

Chapelle St Gilles, Montoire sur le Loir

St Genest de Lavardin

St Aignan de Brinay

Ottenstein Burgkapelle, about 1170, Austria

Saint-Savin-sur-Gartempe, wall painting

Sainte-Radegonde Saint-Savin sur Gartempe

Sant Angelo in Formis, wall paintings

Sant'Angelo in Formis, wall painting

Albert Gleizes

Albert Gleizes

SAINT-AIGNAN-SUR-CHER, Romanesque wall painting

SAINT-AIGNAN-SUR-CHER, Romanesque wall painting, detail

Santa Mara de Tal, wall painting

Life of King St Edward, 13th century

Gino Severini, studies for mosaic

Gino Severini, study for mosaic

Gino Severini, study for a mural

Ivrea Duomo, Romanesque mosaic

The ancient monumental church of San Pietro di Feletto, wall paintings in Romanesque Byzantine style

Balbi crypt, wall painting

Mario Sironi

Coppo di Marcovaldo, mosaic, Florence Baptistery, dome interior

Coppo di Marcovaldo, mosaic detail, Hell, Florence Baptistery, dome interior

Mario Sironi, mosaic

Mario Sironi, study for wall painting

Medieval wall painting

Castle Tirolo, wall painting

Kapelle St. Leonhard, Landschlacht, wall painting

Kapelle St. Leonhard, Landschlacht, wall painting

Kapelle St. Leonhard, Landschlacht, wall painting

Kapelle St. Leonhard, Landschlacht, wall paintings

Kapelle St. Leonhard, Landschlacht

Itterswiller (Bas Rhin), Saint Rmi Church, 14th century, wall painting

Bruno Saetti, frescos on canvas

Bruno Saetti

Bruno Saetti

Bruno Saetti

Murals by Dionysius, Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Vologda

Murals by Dionysius, Cathedral of the Nativity of the Virgin, Vologda

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Byzantine wall painting, Georgia

Mario Sironi

Byzantine miniature

Byzantine miniature

Greme Museum, Buckle Church, Cappadocia, Turkey (Photo Dick Osseman)

Mario Sironi

Basilica St. Michael in Altenstadt, wall painting

Sante Lucia e Agata church, Matera, wall painting

Sante Lucia e Agata church, Matera, wall painting

Sante Lucia e Agata church, Matera, wall painting

Unknown Sienese master Cimabue (Cenni di Peppi)

Cimabue (Cenni di Peppi)

Frescos, 13th century, Austria

Fresco, 13th century, Austria

St. Pellegrino Church of Bominaco, 13th century, wall paintings

St. Pellegrino Church of Bominaco, 13th century, wall paintings

Sicily, the little church dell'Annunaziatella, wall painting of Christ Pantocrator

Armenian Byzantine miniature

Crete, Byzantine frescos, 14th century

Crete, Byzantine frescos, 14th century

Crete, Byzantine fresco, 14th century

St. John's Monastery fresco, Patmos

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Galluskapelle, Stammheim, wall paintings

Galluskapelle, Stammheim, wall paintings

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

The crypt of St. Agatha, Malta, wall paintings

The crypt of St. Agatha, Malta, wall paintings

Gothic wall painting

Historia Anglorum, c. 1250

Rheinau Psalter, 13th century

Illuminated Chronicle, c. 1360

Oratorio dei Santi Nazaro e Celso, wall paintings

Andrea da Firenze (Andrea di Bonaiuto)

Giotto (Ambrogio Bondone)

Mario Sironi

Giusto de Menabuoi

Giusto de Menabuoi

Giusto de Menabuoi

Ugolino de Nerio

Mario Sironi, stained glass window

Mario Siron, studies for wall paintings

Simone Martini, wall paintings

Simone Martini, wall painting

Simone Martini, wall painting

Simone Martini, stained glass window

Pietro Lorenzetti

Pietro Lorenzetti, wall painting

Taddeo Gaddi, wall painting

Agnolo Gaddi, wall painting

Agnolo Gaddi, wall painting

Agnolo Gaddi, wall painting

Agnolo Gaddi, wall painting

Agnolo Gaddi, wall painting, detail after restoration

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Felice Casorati

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro da Mugello), Cappella Niccolina, the Vatican

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli)

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli)

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli)

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli), wall paintings

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli)

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli), wall painting

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli), wall painting

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli), wall painting

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli) transferred fresco

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli) transferred fresco

Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (Gozzoli)

Giovanni di Paolo

Bernardino da Parenzo

Raoul Dufy

Cosimo Rosselli (the scene on the left is by Pietro Perugino), wall painting

Cosimo Rosselli, wall painting

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), wall painting

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), wall painting

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), wall painting

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi), wall painting (the scene on the left is by Luca Signorelli)

Jean Hey (Master of Moulins)

Jean Hey (Master of Moulins)

Attributed to Hugo van der Goes

Attributed to Hugo van der Goes

Hugo van der Goes

Anonymous Flemish master

Delft master

Follower of Robert Campin

Dirck Bouts the Elder

Dirck Bouts the Elder

Madonna with Child (wall painting, about 1500), Church of Pisignano

Felice Casorati

Master of the St. Bartholomew altarpiece

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi)

Franois Clouet

Dosso Dossi

Tiziano Vecellio

Tiziano Vecellio

Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti)

Francesco Mazzola (Parmigianino)

Hendrik van BALEN

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

Jan Sanders Hemessen

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso

Joachim Anthonisz Wtewael

Hendrick Goltzius

Hendrick Goltzius

Gerard David

Raffaello Sanzio

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Attributed to Perino del Vaga

Nicolas Poussin

Felice Carena

Georges Rouault

Bruno Saetti

Bruno Saetti

Jacopino del Conte

Perino del Vaga

Perino del Vaga

Bruno Saetti

Bruno Saetti

Massimo Campigli

Perino del Vaga

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Felice Carena Mario Sironi

Raffaello Sanzio

Hendrik de Clerck

Peter Paul Rubens

Peter Paul Rubens

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci

Annibale Carracci

Guido Cagnacci

Cornelis de Vos

Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis

Maurice Denis

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Fausto Pirandello

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Jean Souverbie

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Milton Avery

Pablo Picasso

Roman wall painting

Andr Derain

Roman wall painting

Rogier van der Weyden

Rogier van der Weyden

Milton Avery

Milton Avery

Bastiano Mainardi

Jan Sanders Hemessen

Sandro Botticelli (Alessandro Di Mariano Filipepi)

Raffaello Sanzio

Attributed to Girolamo da Carpi

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Giovan Battista di Jacopo di Rossi called Rosso Fiorentino

Attributed to Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori)

Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori)

Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano Tori)

Cornelis de Vos

Jan de Bray

Achille Funi

Piero Marussig

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

Francesco Trombadori

Francesco Menzio

Moise Kisling

Moise Kisling

Pierre Bonnard

Filippo de Pisis

Edouard Vuillard

Raoul Dufy

Milton Avery

Kees van Dongen Andr Lhote

Marino Marini

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Roman funerary portrait

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Massimo Campigli

Jacques Villon

Roman mosaic

Master of the Mansi Magdalen

Guido Cagnacci, Cassa di Risparmio, Cesena Guido Cagnacci, Private Collection

Piero Marussig

Francesco Trombadori Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

Felix Vallotton

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Andr Derain

Felice Carena

Milton Avery

Milton Avery

Milton Avery

Milton Avery

Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)

Mario Sironi

Mario Sironi

Fausto Pirandello

Pierre Bonnard

Pierre Bonnard

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Istvn Sznyi

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Moise Kisling

Moise Kisling

PIETER CLAESZ

Willem Claesz Heda

Lubin Baugin

Willem Kalf

Evaristo BASCHENIS Evaristo BASCHENIS

Andr Derain

Andr Derain

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Filippo de Pisis

Filippo de Pisis

Filippo de Pisis

Filippo de Pisis

Pierre Bonnard

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Felice Casorati

Felice Casorati

Georges Braque

Georges Braque

Bruno Saetti

Bruno Saetti

Milton Avery

Milton Avery

Felice Carena

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Gino Severini

Juan Gris (Jose Victoriano Gonzalez)

Anselmo Bucci

Anselmo Bucci

Moise Kisling

Arturo Tosi

Arturo Tosi

Arturo Tosi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Giorgio Morandi

Milton Avery

Rockville, IN Post Office "Landscape" by Milton Avery (1939) - oil on canvas

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Raoul Dufy

Arnaldo Ciarrocchi

Mario Sironi

Gino Severini

Andr Lhote

Jacques Villon

Serge Poliakoff

Serge Poliakoff

Serge Poliakoff

Nicolas de Stal

The Space And The Wall: Mural Decoration

Roman fresco, Dionysos discovers Ariadne on Naxos, House of the Vettii, Pompeii, Italy

Roman fresco, Pompeii, house of the Prince of Naples

Roman fresco

Meister von Mstair, Carolingian era wall painting

Meister von Mstair, Carolingian era wall paintings

La Chapelle des Moines, Berz-la-Ville

Church of Nohant-Vicq

Basilica Peter and Paul on the Petersberg

Basilica Peter and Paul on the Petersberg

Legend of St Margaret 1250-1300 Fresco, 105 x 330 cm Church of Szalonna

Saints (Sts John, Damian, Cosma and two Apostles) 1250-1300, Fresco, Church of Csaroda, Hungary

Simone Martini and Unknown Master, Pallazzo Pubblico, Siena

Lippo Vanni, Pallazzo Pubblico, Siena

Barna da Siena, Collegiata, San Gimignano

GIOVANNI DA MILANO, Rinuccini Chapel, Santa Croce, Florence

Chora church, Istanbul

Chora church, Istanbul

Chora church, Istanbul

Pietro LORENZETTI, View of the south transept, c. 1320, Fresco, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi

Mario Sironi

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