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==Plato, Allegory of the Cave==
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===Plato, Allegory of the Cave===
This allegory proposed by Plato explains in illustrated terms human conditions of access to knowledge and reality.
This allegory proposed by Plato explains in illustrated terms human conditions of access to knowledge and reality.
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''(source of inspiration for our primary sculpture + connection with Magritte’s works  +  link with our work about image, interpretations and transmission of a message )''
''(source of inspiration for our primary sculpture + connection with Magritte’s works  +  link with our work about image, interpretations and transmission of a message )''
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==Four seasons, Arcimboldo (1527-1593)==
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===Four seasons, Arcimboldo (1527-1593)===
Usage of fruits (so living things) in order to talk about immortality and flatter human genus. (glorification of the Habsburg line, immutable like the seasons).
Usage of fruits (so living things) in order to talk about immortality and flatter human genus. (glorification of the Habsburg line, immutable like the seasons).

Revision as of 01:23, 18 October 2014

Contents

Inspirations

Even though many works have guided our artistic reflection, we chose to focus on 4-3 (ça dépend si on arrive à tout traduire à temps) works which are representative of our main lines:

R. Magritte (1898-1967), La trahison des images (1929)

Paris Saclay Magritte.png
The Surrealist Belgian artist displays through his work the duality of image, between truth and decoy. His art also embodies a real legacy for advertising of the 20th century.

(source of inspiration for the title of our project just as our videos)

https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Saclay/Project/Inspirations/Magritte

Vanity, through a Pieter Claesz’s (1596-1661) painting (1630)

Paris Saclay Vanite.png
By frankly evoking leak of time, the ephemeral hallmark of life and the place of Humanity in the universe, Vanity fit directly in our efforts to define life.

(source of inspiration for the ethical part, the problematic of living thing’s definition has been mentioned within the team and during different meetings such as « curiositas ».)

https://2014.igem.org/Team:Paris_Saclay/Project/Inspirations/Vanity


Additional references

The following may interest the more curious visitors of our wiki.

Plato, Allegory of the Cave

This allegory proposed by Plato explains in illustrated terms human conditions of access to knowledge and reality.

(source of inspiration for our primary sculpture + connection with Magritte’s works + link with our work about image, interpretations and transmission of a message )

Four seasons, Arcimboldo (1527-1593)

Usage of fruits (so living things) in order to talk about immortality and flatter human genus. (glorification of the Habsburg line, immutable like the seasons).

(source of inspiration for our object of study : a fruit, a lemon + ethique : reflection about leak of time, anthropocentrism, power.)