I love complexity, but sometimes I also like radical simplification - to get some clarity. For example, the history of ideas in the visual arts. In Europe, after the great migration of peoples, the history of art can be sketched in woodcut form as the history of ideas: In medieval art, stories were told visually - mainly the stories of the Bible. Most people [...]
When I came back 'home' from India for the first time, I looked at my library and saw that almost nothing in it interested me anymore. What had happened? What is in this library and what is not? My library is that of a philosopher and art historian who has taught in Europe and the USA. It contains many [...]
