Classicism

What Dominique Pagani says

Dominique Pagani places the high point of classicism under Louis XIV. He characterizes it by order, symmetry, harmony and stability, and sees in it a moment when problems settled on the outside become internalized1. If only one word were to be kept, for him it would be unity: it is found in façades, in the rule of the three unities and in characters reduced to a single trait2. When he asks whether one should speak of nature or of landscape, he describes classical nature as diurnal, ordered and idealized: everything has its place in it and the human figure occupies its centre3. He links this ideal of balance to the Greek aurea mediocritas, which he understands as a perilous balance, located at the top of a parabola, and which he distinguishes from political centrism4. Finally, since classicism precedes the Revolution, he calls it conservative rather than reactionary5.

1. 1Leibniz1 Aug 2017 · 33:41
2. 2Leibniz1 Aug 2017 · 41:08
3. 3#5.4 Introduction / Nature ou Paysage ?25 Jan 2019 · 6:35
4. 4#2 - Les Attelé(e)s de la Confinitude30 Mar 2020 · 15:41
5. 5#2 - Les Attelé(e)s de la Confinitude30 Mar 2020 · 58:44

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