TIME IN ART
TIME IN ART PAST PRESENT FUTURE ● Every painting or sculpture by an artist represents the three elements of time, whether in a portrait, landscape or still life, and whether realistically, abstractly or impressionisticly. ● Some artists concentrate on the past, some on the present and some on the future. Not because they are conscious of why but because they are driven by circumstances they experience, ● Regardless of their conscious motive each still reflect unconsciously symbolically the past, present and future. ● What was, what is, and what will be. ● The symbolism may not be easily understood but in the depiction one has a fixed moment in time that represents a particular event yet in that event it symbolises what is, but what was, and what will be. ● An example ● The depiction of a tree. It may show a mature tree of perhaps 10 years growth but in that depiction it speaks symbolisically as it was as a seed, and what its life span will be just by seeing it w...
