Antique Lamps As Artistic Expression
Mankind has always been attracted to beauty. We can still look with admiration at great early Egyptian art and at the unsurpassed sculpture and architecture of classical Greece.
At no time through the long passage of history has humanity not been expressed through art. In every corner of the world in every society known as civilized or uncivilized art as an expression of that society has flowered.
In Australia anthropologists discovered beneath a shaded rock shelf a long gallery of aboriginal art with depictions of the hunt men and women and native animals. The question was how old was this undiscovered art gallery?
All was revealed when one scientist noticed a now stone like wasps nest covering a section of art work. The once sandy but now rock hard wasp nest was gently removed in total darkness so as not to let light enter the covered section.
A tiny sample of the hidden area was removed and sent for carbon dating the answer came back the gallery was 60000 years old! Men and women had decorated their environment.
Art in its vast range of expressions has always appeared at the apex of human achievement.
It raises humanity it does not destroy it uplifts humanity it does not darken its music nourishes the soul of humanity it does not deplete it unites mankind it does not separate.
Art in every form flourishes today more than at any other time in history. In the past art was exclusive; today it is inclusive and is available to anyone who decides to be involved.
One of arts greatest gifts is its ability to constantly give its resources are infinite it holds in trust thousands of years of the greatest artistic talent and freely offers it to all without reserve.
Just like music with its cornerstones like J.S Bach who we are told by musicologists is the founding father of all Western music even the most contemporary owes is origins to Bach.
Bachs great music still gives and gives even when the recipient never realizes that he is the recipient of the gift. The history of art in all its forms does exactly the same thing great pictures not only inspire an artist but they continue to teach and instruct with lessons in composition perspective and balance.
Every century has had and will continue to have its style of the day and art like every thing else is voguish with its periods of fashion e.g. rococo classic neo classic cubist impressionist and revivalist all available and always ready to give.
These periods are usually seen as the birth of new ideas and as with the birth of a child the infant or new idea grows and develops until it in turn is overtaken by a fresh new idea.
Art therefore. Is a living breathing form constantly reborn in all its many facets
If we can imagine art as an allegorical figure a curator of the worlds storehouse of music pictures literature sculpture etc we would need many more than one life time to see all she had to show us!
We may not always understand the art of our day but it is well worth remembering that many of the great names now revered as masters were not accepted as such in their day but were criticized rejected and certainly unaccepted as artists in their day. Its worth recalling by example that the great Dutch painter Van Gough sold exactly one picture in his lifetime!
Art constantly sets new challenges for all our five senses so let us follow our allegorical guide and welcome what she has to show us.
An artistic style once formed never dies but is always present to be revisited at any time. An example would be the French Rococo development of the Chinoiserie style with its fusion of European and Chinese style of drawing or how the 18th century Europeans imagined all things Oriental.
The popularity of Chinoiserie may have peaked around the middle of the eighteenth century but its value as an arresting artistic and interior decorative style has never wanedbeing constantly revisited but with all its formal elements preserved.
One of the outstanding French painters of Chinoiserie was Franois Boucher 17031770 Boucher was perhaps the most celebrated decorative artist of the 18th century with most of his work reflecting the lush Rococo style.
The Antique amp; Vintage Table Lamp Co has commissioned lamps to be painted from a leading French porcelain painter. The first of these beautiful lamps is a little accent lamp with an overall height of superbly painted with The Music Lesson.
This style of painting now over 250 years old is faithfully reproduced in all its subtle detail with its formal 18th century
elements preserved. Here is a perfect example of art as practical whilst remaining true to its traditional origins.
The company is currently accepting commission orders for these lamps. There is no element of mass production with each lamp being a unique work of art. Please enquire.
About the writer:nbsp;nbsp;Maurice Robertson principal of The Antique and Vintage Table Lamp Co has had a lifetimes association with antique porcelain and potterywith his commercial experience spaning a period of 40 yearsincluding as a valuer to the Australian Governments Incentive to the Arts Scheme. His long experience with antique ceramics and glass also includes dealing with leading museums and numerous international private collections. He has extended his ceramics expertise into the quality table lamps seen on the companys site he is well known to local and international interior designers who have included many of his table lamps in their projects and has also supplied items of national interest to the official Sydney residence of the Australian Prime Minister.The Antique Vintage Table Lamp Co specialise in antique table lamp lighting with an online range of over 100 unique antique and vintage lamps on view.Lamps are shipped ready wired for the U.S the U.K and Australia.For more information you are invited to visit their web site at :www.antiquelampshop.com The Antique Vintage Table Lamp Co 2009
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