MOC : [[ART]] - [[PHILOSOPHY]] Date : 2024-02-19 Auteur : [[Leonard Koren]] Source : [[Wabi Sabi]] *** ## Comparaison entre modernisme et Wabi Sabi Les 2 sont des mouvements à contre courant en leur temps : le modernisme contre le classicisme du 19e, et Wabi Sabi contre la perfection et opulence chinoise du 16e Ils excluent tous les 2 toute décoration qui n'est pas nécessaire à la structure Les différences : Primarily expressed in the public domain => Primarily expressed in the private domain Implies a logical, rational worldview => Implies an intuitive worldview Absolute => Relative Looks for universal, prototypical solutions => Looks for personal, idiosyncratic solutions Mass-produced/ modular => One-of-a-kind/ variable Expresses faith in progress => There is no progress Future-oriented => Believes in the control of nature Romanticizes technology => People adapting to machines Geometric organization of form (sharp, precise, definite shapes and edges) => Present-oriented Believes in the fundamental uncontrollability of nature => Romanticizes nature People adapting to nature => Organic organization of form (soft, vague shapes and edges) The box as metaphor (rectilinear, precise, contained) => The bowl as metaphor (free shape, open at top) Manmade materials => Natural materials Ostensibly slick => Ostensibly crude Needs to be well-maintained => Accommodates to degradation and attrition Purity makes its expression richer => Corrosion and contamination make its expression richer Solicits the reduction of sensory information => Solicits the expansion of sensory information Is intolerant of ambiguity and contradiction => Is comfortable with ambiguity and contradiction Cool => Warm Generally light and bright => Generally dark and dim Function and utility are primary values => Function and utility are not so important Perfect materiality is an ideal => Perfect immateriality is an ideal Everlasting => To every thing there is a season