Is the artist master of his work?

Definition of the terms of the question: Is the artist master of his work? In the introduction, after the introduction and the putting into perspective of a paradox, it is …

The vanity of painting – Blaise Pascal

In his Pensées, 40–134, Pascal states: What vanity is painting, which attracts admiration by the resemblance of things, whose originals are not admired! The pictorial representation is thus for Pascal …