Contemporary symbolic painting and symbolism consecrate art

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LEXIQUE & BIBLIOGRAPHIE
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Allegory
Symbolic painting
 
Alliance/union
Celestial forms
Ark
Symbolic painting

Celestial forms a & b

Art
O. Clement a & b

Symbolic painting a- b & c
Traditional Art a & b

 
Abstract art
O. Clement

Symbolic painting

Traditional Art

T30
Altar  
Hail Maria and
AVM monogram
Celestial forms (cf; "six")
Axis
Celestial forms a & b
T6
Wound
 BLESSURE / Les cinq plaies du Christ sont fréquemment représentées par cinq points en croix, le point central représentant la blessure du coeur par la lance. Les quatre autres ponts, disposés comme des points cardinaux, correspondent respectivement à la blessure de la tête par la couronne d'épines, aux blessures des mains droites et gauches par les clous tandis que les deux pieds joints par un même clou ne constitue qu'une seule et même blessure.
On peut voir ces plaies comme des sources comparables aux quatre fleuves du paradis qui venant du pied de l'arbre de vie, irriguent la manifestation de la grâce divine.
Square
Gradual Celestial forms a & b
T 14
Centre
Celestial forms (re. "pole")
Circle
Symbolic painting

Celestial forms

Heaven
Gradual

Celestial forms

Five
Gradual
P6 -T13 -P4
City
Celestial forms

Gradual

 
Heart
Celestial forms

Song of praise a & b


T17
Tangible
Degree, or "tangible" realm refers to the part of creation perceptible by the five senses
T1
Cup  
T4
Cross
Celestial forms

Song of praise

The Christian interpretation of the Cross' symbol joins and completes the meaning this sign bears in the other traditions.

The divine "will" proceeds down the vertical axis and comes into reality. The horizontal branch features a degree of this manifestation, or a "realm" that proceeds from it (the angelic realm, for instance).

The crucified man thus becomes the highest and the most magnificient expression of the human form, since his verticalily abides by Heaven's Will, and since his arms' indefinite extension "embraces" the vast scope of human abilities.

It is on the Cross that a human being may reach full accomplishment, i.e., vertical as well as horizontal.


P2 T7
Cube, cubic
form
See "square"
T15
Degree
Celestial forms

Symbolic painting

Clément

T1
Graduel :triple enceinte
Scale see "degree"    
Eden
Song of praise
Esoterism
The esoteric concept refers to what goes beyond any physical or mental formulation. Any esoteric "reality" thus lies "within"
the form while being revealed by the same form. Using symbolic or poetic language may open up the way to this higher knowledge.
Everything discursive that can heard or read
cannot be considered "esoteric".


 
"technical" etching
The prints that are presented here are polychromatic etchings (aqua forte). Some acid substances are used to cut into a copper- plate matrix. Various chemical processes allow these substances to etch away ("bite" into) the metal as to obtain a variety of texture results. During the process of these successive cuttings on the copper-plate, varnish is used to cover some places that need to be protected from acid biting.

?Copper-plate engraving? is the process used to print on copper. Previously moistered for adaptable purposes, the paper (genuine rag paper) is then laid on the copper-plate, and the whole is run between two cylinders. The pressure ensures ink transfers on to the paper. For typographic processes, positive sides are covered with ink ; the process is reversed here, as ink is put inside the metal cuttings. Marked with ink (possibly of different colours), the copper is then very smoothly wiped with one's hand, as to take off any excessive ink from areas bearing no cutting. This process is repeated for each print, thus allowing new chromatic research.

These processes are entirely manual, which is not the case for ordinary lithographic processes. However, what could be considered as a constraint is in fact a tremendously appreciated guarantee for original prints lovers.

When the copper engraving results from direct hand-cutting, it becomes a ?dry-point etching?, or chisel-work. When resulting from acid cuts, it becomes an "etching" (aqua forte).


 
Hermetism
Celestial forms

Hermetism refers to the sum of knowledge relating to man's actions on his environment (in traditional civilisations). More inherent to art than to technical crafts, the expression of these practices was always cautious and allegoric. Because of the ?efficiency? of industrial man, only fragments or fancy tales remain from these traditional sciences.

 
IHS monogram
 
T11 T10
Intuition
Symbolic painting

Traditional Art

 
Jerusalem
Celestial forms Graduel : Jérusalem
Labyrinth
Celestial forms

G3 G4

Artist books

To my perception, artist books above all translate affectionate feelings for a text, or for words. In this context, and for the painter I am, the text plays the part of a scenery in which one has discovered some beauty...
I wish the text could become metaphoric, so that the lines turn into some hillsides' curves, and the reader's idea becomes as many vertical arborescences...
I would like the eyes to linger over a sentence just as one attempts to catch a glimpse of the meadow over the hedge...

To paint with word, with signs, with the whiteness of the page and with the margins' sunshine !

As it is, I offer illustrations (this word is so objectionable) to my artist - or should I say ?painter?? -books : they are genuine pictures, very manifest and well-set alongside of the text, (I nearly wrote alongside of the furrow). They do not mean to disclose the beauty of the words, but as a judiciously chaste loin-cloth or veil, they rather intend to rest one's sight and soothe one's fever of ?seeing? what the words declare ...>

?L'art à la Page?

Love of books exhibition

Cagnes sur Mer, 1992

The artist books (texts and etchings) I create are hand-printed in my studio. Just as any aqua-forte, these are signed and numbered from 33 to 88 samples depending on circumstances.

 
matrix
Symbolic painting

Clement

 
Mystical
Celestial forms

Clement

T2
Naturalist
Traditional Art
 
Paradise,
see " Eden "
   
Painting
Clément

Symbolic painting

Déroudille

 

"technical"
painting
I paint on strained canvas and start outlining with acrylic painting. This enables quick acting upon intuition and more daring research in volumes and shades.

Then comes the time to refine and mature pictorial effects. To this purpose I use some paint previously ground with linseed oil, thus giving inimitable vibration to the spreading of light within the pictorial coatings.

One can indeed use oil-painting on acrylic, but the reverse is not possible. I also mix oil-colours with polymerized oils and Copal resin, thus using a set of common techniques.

 
Pilgrimage
see "labyrinth"
   
     
Pole
Song of praise

Celestial forms

Ark

G4
Door, threshold
Clément

Symbolic painting

Josaphat

T6
Presence
Celestial forms

T1
Primitive
Traditional Art
 
Psychic, see "subtle"    
Four
Celestial forms (see also " square ")
T 12
Five-fold
see "five"
   
Religious
Traditional Art

Déroudille

 
Rebirth
Traditional Art
 
Romanic
Traditional Art a & b
 
Holy, consecrated
Clément

Symbolic painting

Traditional Art

 
Seven
Celestial forms

Graduel

 
Six
Celestial forms

T9
Source   T3 G8
Spheres, see " circle "    
Substance
Celestial forms
 
Subtle
Clément

The formal manifestation (revelation into forms) holds two aspects : one is tangible, while the other proceeds from the subtle or psychic realm (one may talk about imaginary or mental forms). This subtle realm is the vehicle with which the divine graces " incorporate " into the creation as to " inform " us about them. The act of worhiping these psychic forms while misjudging or mixing them up with their spiritual principles would constitute pratices of idolatry.

T16 T1
Symbolism
Clément

Celestial forms

Symbolic painting

Traditional Art a & b

Déroudille

 
Earth, see " square "    
Tetraktys
Proceeding from the 4+3+2+1 = 10 formula, the Pythagorean considered number 10 as the accomplishment of a progressively unfolding Principle according to the 4 ages course : The golden, silver, bronze and iron age (the latter being the present one, and the shortest).
Theophany
Clément

Celestial forms a & b See " Presence "

 
Thulé
Song of praise " Pentecost "

Thulé is the original city, or the birth place of mankind at Golden age. For symbolic purposes, it is located up North, just below the Pole. It is also the source of all other traditions.

 
Tradition
Symbolic painting

Traditional Art a & b

The Tradition does not relate to customary practises (fashions, habits or uses, etc?). Either mental or physical, a human activity terms Traditional when conveying a spiritual reality of divine origin from man to man, all along the ages. This activity can be evolutive along the way, to match the specific conditions of the reference period.

 
Triangle,
triangular shape
Celestial forms

T10
Trismegistus
Graduel

Three-fold ; Hermes' denomination

 
Three
Celestial forms
 
Union
see "alliance"
   
Vessel
see " cup "
   
The Word
Celestial forms a & b Song of praise