Human beings are created in God’s image. What is perfectly balanced and united in Him is reflected partially and, since the Fall, imperfectly in us. Art reflects this present reality, though it has sometimes aspired to the divine Reality.
Head..............................................................................Heart
Stability................................................................................Flux
“Greek” ..........................................................................“Hebrew”
Apollo.............................................................................Dionysius
Permanence.....................................................................Change
Abstract..........................................................................Concrete
Universal.......................................................................Particular
Ideas..................................................................................Actions
Essences.............................................................................Events
Being....................................................................................Doing
Ideal........................................................................................Real
Cool,cold.......................................................................Warm, hot
Orderly.................................................................................Messy
Transcendent/heavenly..............................................Immanent/earthly
Machines,mechanical................................................Organisms, organic
Thought/Intellect/Reason.....................................Desire/emotion/passion
Mind/rational........................................................Will/volitional
proportion...........................................................................Pattern
Symmetry......................................................................Asymmetry
Harmony......................................................................Dissonance
Restrained.....................................................................Expressive
Horizontal and vertical........................................... Diagonal and curves
Classic......................................................................................Free
Form, structure..................................................Decoration, color
Tradition............................................................................Novelty
Head..............................................................................Heart
Stability................................................................................Flux
“Greek” ..........................................................................“Hebrew”
Apollo.............................................................................Dionysius
Permanence.....................................................................Change
Abstract..........................................................................Concrete
Universal.......................................................................Particular
Ideas..................................................................................Actions
Essences.............................................................................Events
Being....................................................................................Doing
Ideal........................................................................................Real
Cool,cold.......................................................................Warm, hot
Orderly.................................................................................Messy
Transcendent/heavenly..............................................Immanent/earthly
Machines,mechanical................................................Organisms, organic
Thought/Intellect/Reason.....................................Desire/emotion/passion
Mind/rational........................................................Will/volitional
proportion...........................................................................Pattern
Symmetry......................................................................Asymmetry
Harmony......................................................................Dissonance
Restrained.....................................................................Expressive
Horizontal and vertical........................................... Diagonal and curves
Classic......................................................................................Free
Form, structure..................................................Decoration, color
Tradition............................................................................Novelty
