tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post3051999933397512469..comments2024-01-11T22:43:16.003+00:00Comments on Pre Raphaelite Influenced Art: John Everett Millais - Isabella 1848-9Hermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00968366076064269729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7700894621471344950.post-36743636556965003382012-11-11T15:35:17.088+00:002012-11-11T15:35:17.088+00:00In September, around the time when you posted the ...In September, around the time when you posted the article, this painting made it into the headlines.<br /><br />Here a quote comes into my mind: <i>"An anti-subject painting might effectly conceal its subject, hiding it from everyone except the painter; or it might tease viewers with clues; or it might be so arcane that few people can see its subject: What counts is the retreat from the obvious, unambiguous primary meaning."</i><br /><a href="http://www.jameselkins.com/" rel="nofollow">James Elkins</a> (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago): Why are our Pictures Puzzles?, p. 129, 1999<br /><br />Annother one is <i>"Only those questions that are in principle undecidable, we can decide."</i><br />Heinz von Foerster: Ethics and Second-Order Cybernetics, 1990-10-04 (Système et thérapie familiale, Paris)Goetz Klugehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/bonnetmaker/8154702585/noreply@blogger.com