LET ME INTRODUCE MY ARTICLE ON DAVID HOCKNEY'S THEORY ON OLD MASTER PAINTING AGAIN!
AS INGRES OR DAVID PAINTING CAN BE LINKED TO THE LOVE OF MARX FOR GREEK CIVILIZATION AND THE CATHOLICISM OF H. DE BALZAC TOO, THE MYSTIC PAINTING IS OBVIOUSLY OPPOSITE TO U.S.'S AESTHETIC IDEAS IN WHICH SPECULATION TAKES THE FIRST PLACE (BOTH MEANING OF 'SPECULATION').
IT IS A WAY TO UNDESTAND THE UNDERGROUND BREAK BETWEEN THE U.S.A. AND FRANCE, THE U.S.A. WHERE COMMUNISM AND CATHOLIC RELIGIONS NEVER EMERGED REALLY.
HERE IT IS:
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