THE EXHIBITION OF MASKS ~ ~ Pre-Columbian
Lightning review the Rome show on one of the pre-Columbian civilizations: "Teotihuacan. The City of the Gods "(and demons, should be added), which rears up already on the steps of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni Umberto monstrous masks that terrify humans. It is a quote from Ernst Jünger, we've already reported on the 'Almanac', but is perfect for the occasion and we repeat it: "If the freedom of conscience, if peace should spread, can not miss the inner brake. The same goes for art. [...] There is a Justice of the shapes and lines that we perceive as beauty. [...] The taste offends us rather barbaric. The world is full of works that are subject to suggestion exercised by the gods, demons and forces of nature, without which man can respond to freedom. The gloom, the heavy earth, the absence of eyes, the stark vividness, the confusion, the colossal size, strength, lush, the face mask to oppress us: in fact we feel that everything is connected to blood sacrifices. " "If there was a metropolis in which they were officially adopted models and colors of ancient Dahomey, or buildings in the old Mexican style, soon there would be officially established the human sacrifices. However, there would be seen the horror and splendor of those ancient empires, but a new barbarism, rediscovered '
Lightning review the Rome show on one of the pre-Columbian civilizations: "Teotihuacan. The City of the Gods "(and demons, should be added), which rears up already on the steps of the Palazzo delle Esposizioni Umberto monstrous masks that terrify humans. It is a quote from Ernst Jünger, we've already reported on the 'Almanac', but is perfect for the occasion and we repeat it: "If the freedom of conscience, if peace should spread, can not miss the inner brake. The same goes for art. [...] There is a Justice of the shapes and lines that we perceive as beauty. [...] The taste offends us rather barbaric. The world is full of works that are subject to suggestion exercised by the gods, demons and forces of nature, without which man can respond to freedom. The gloom, the heavy earth, the absence of eyes, the stark vividness, the confusion, the colossal size, strength, lush, the face mask to oppress us: in fact we feel that everything is connected to blood sacrifices. " "If there was a metropolis in which they were officially adopted models and colors of ancient Dahomey, or buildings in the old Mexican style, soon there would be officially established the human sacrifices. However, there would be seen the horror and splendor of those ancient empires, but a new barbarism, rediscovered '
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