Liberal vs. Conservative in Art?
Art History part 3
3rd Nov, 2018
Hajime Nishimura, JAMSTEC, Abyss Observatory
motoko Moonwall, Abyss Observatory
comet Morigi, Abyss Observatory
All images are cited from WikiMedia and WikiArt

Lacation: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/The%20Science%20Circle/61/127/32/
Participants: アカーシャ (AkashaKokuu), Beragon Betts, Delia Lake, Fumon Crystal, くにか(Kunika Yoshikawa), Ⓠ (quaezar Agnomen), Tagline, Nat Ure (Nat Spirt)
Organizer：Chantal Jager (Nymf Hathaway), Jawesome (Jes Cobalt)
Abstract
I and comet Morigi built The Modern Museum in as a collaboration platform for finding
cross-disciplinary relation in modern history. And motoko Moonwall expanded my idea,
introduced 2nd axis, “Left eye’s Art” vs. “Right eye’s Art” in her Art history museum but she
died by lung cancer in 2015 before completion.
She introduced “Mannerism/ Baroque” vs “Classicism/ Renaissance”, combined two Art
historians, Heinrich Wolflin and Gustav Hocke, but both studies are based mainly on
Western Art and not enough for finding relations between Eastern world and Western world.
So I proposed new hypothesis, memory of “Hunting (migratory) life in glacial period” vs.
“Agricultural (Sedentary) life in Holocene”.
It is interesting that several researchers in evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience,etc. have similar idea for “Liberalism” vs “Conservatism” in politics.
Yan: Welcome everyone.
Today, I'll talk about Art and Human's property or difference between Eastern and Westernculture.
For this purpose, First, I and comet Morigi built the Modern Museum in 2014.
Please see this slide1Yan: Einstein discovered strange physics, theory of relativity, Picasso painted strange Art, cubism,and Stravinsky composed strange music, the Rite of Spring, and their birth years are within only
3 years.
This is first inspiration of comet Morigi.

Yan: The Modern Museum uses only 1 dimension, published year vertically.
Motoko Moonwall thought one dimension is not enough so she added 2nd axis transversally,“Left eye’s Art” vs. “Right eye’s Art”.
[07:06] Chantal: Magnificent building
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Yan: But she died by lung cancer in 2015 before completion.
[07:08] Fumon: RIP motoko[07:08] Chantal: :(Yan: Please see this slide.

Yan: There is another Modern Museum in Japan Open Grid, one of OpenSim Grids. Motoko added
so many information as a workbench of her new museum. At the start point of her workbench.
There are three Eyes, “Temerity eyes”, “Eye of Providence” and “Eye of Wadjet”. Pleaseforget “Temerity Eyes” for a while.
Motoko chose two of three eyes as 2nd axis, and associated them with theories of two Art
historians, Heinrich Wolflin and Gustav Hocke. This is “Mannerism/ Baroque” vs “Classicism/
Renaissance”.
[07:08] Chantal: The museum is a great legacy, though ㋡[07:08] Fumon: nods
[07:10] Chantal: zooms in3Yan: These are famous works of “Classicism/ Renaissance”, and[07:13] Beragon: I have a small reproduction of the pieta

Yan: These are not so famous works of “Mannerism/ Baroque”.
[07:13] Kunika: As there is copyright in music, are there copyrights in paintings and art aswell?
An exhibition of counterfeit Japanese artists in China become a problem.
(Yan's comment: Of course artworks also have 50 to 70 years (depending on the country) from thedeath of the artist until the copyright expires, and artworks in which the images themselves can
not be obtained, such as not allowing photographers to photograph even if they are more than4

that. On the other hand, since it is impossible to discuss contemporary art only with images
whose copyright has been lost, we apply WikiMedia principle in the museum here, which can beused under conditions of low resolution and representative works and educational use only.)

Yan: This is combined definition. But this definition is confusing. I don’t understand red words clearly,
and I think these blue words are opposite, I confirmed but these are correct.
(Reference): http://arthistoryresources.net/baroque-art-theory-2013/wolfflin-renaissance-baroque.html
I think These blue words are depend on Artist skill. “Profound” and “Artful” are also depend in
Artist skill.

Yan: Humans, in the end, get tired even for favorite Art. Painters need to add new elements to keep
their customers satisfied. Dramatic expression will be escalated spirally, but customers also get
tired for dramatic expression in the end, then modest expression will revive.
So we need to neglect this criteria.
[07:17] Chantal: yes
5[07:17] Chantal: they had to change their art to satisfy the public
Yan; This slide,

Yan: I asked several people what is opposite word of Photorealistic. …… In the end, I
name ”Idealize” after Plato's idea theory. I think this is human’s basic function. Writing figure bya Stick on the ground is most principle behavior. But Artists usually develops more
photorealistic. When an Artist choose Idealize, there should be some strong motivation.
So we can’t neglect this.
[07:20] Chantal: clear ㋡[07:20] Jes: yes :))Yan: In any way, Wolflin and Hocke’s studies are based on mainly Western Art and not enough forfinding relations between Eastern world and Western world. So I proposed new idea,

Yan: Memory of Hunting life and Agricultural Life.
This is 150,000 years temperature change in Glacial-Interglacial cycle.

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In Glacial period, temperature is very unstable due to continental ice-sheet, so people had tokeep moving to find better lands by migratory hunting life.
And 10,000 years ago, temperature became stable, and 6,000 years ago, sea level became
stable too, then, people came to start Sedentary Agricultural life.
I don’t remember clearly whether I talked with motoko about this idea, but after motoko’s death,I visited her room and found this book on her desk. This book said same idea 63 years ago.
[07:26] Fumon: Climate stabilization...
[07:28] Jes: :)))
[07:29] Fumon: A book on motoko's desk.
Yan: So,

Yan: This is conclusion of my last presentation, Art History part.2. Gray parts, I’ll change this time.

7Yan: I found recently several researchers in evolutionary psychology, cognitive neuroscience, etc.
have similar idea for “Liberalism” vs “Conservatism” in politics.
Jonathan Haidt said in this book about difference between Liberalism and Conservatism,
I summarize his book. Please click this panel and see local-chat. Number 1. There is pdf ofEnglish and Japanese. You can read more detail later.

(en): http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/Art/Left-or-Right_(eng).pdf(jp): http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/Art/Left-or-Right_(jp).pdf
Yan: Then, interesting thing is that these differences are derived from DNA. These are output of DNA
Analysis for 13,000 Australian. Australia is known one of countries of two party system.

About two party system, I summarized please touch this panel. Number 2. Upper/Lower Chamberof G20 country: http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/Art/upper-lower-chambers.pdf
USA’s two party system is very unique even in comparison with other Anglo Saxons countries (UK,
Canada and Australia).
There are very few 3rd party, but I skep today.
And if you doubt relation between DNA and politics, touch this panel and see number 3. WIkipedia
later;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_political_orientation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biology_and_political_science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropolitics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genopolitics

In any way, we can use these criteria, “motivation for new experiment or sense” or“Susceptibility to threats and fears”
And Christopher Boehn said in his book about hunting people in Glacial period. He said at least,
45,000 years ago, people came to collaborate for fighting with big and strong animals. They
formed a group leaded by a leader and share meets equally among the group members. Whenthe leader become unfair and violent, the other members could collaborate to fight against theleader because they are professional for collaboration fight.
He said this is the roots of “equality principle” of human moral or Democratic policy[07:34]

Tagline: This makes me think of cultural clashes in Northwestern Europe. Nordic
culture was more 'in touch' with Ice Age conditions & unstable weather and Dane Law
was more "Liberal" in that it allowed for greater individual rights & liberty.

[07:34] Chantal: yes, Tagline[07:35] Fumon: I can image it , Tag[07:35] Chantal: Interesting list, Yan[07:36] Tagline: After the Normal invasion of England by the bastard William of Normandy, in
effect the 'conservative' feudal system of governance of Medieval Continental Europe
was imposed on England and free men became like serfs with the "finite mathematics"
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of property owned by a few in the feudal system[07:36] Chantal: ❤
[07:37] Tagline: That was 1066 of course, starting with the Battle of Hastings[07:37] Delia: And yet, Tagline, at that same time in Brittany, there was a different sense ofsocial organization and women were allowed to own land
[07:39] Tagline: That is an interesting point. I was not aware women were allowed ownership ofproperty there. Property ownership became paternalistic. I think so that it could behanded down to the oldest son to maintain power[07:40] Delia: Yes. And here and there exceptions occurred[07:40] Kunika: 政治の右派左派中道とも関連があるんですね[07:40] Tagline: Could advanced, abstract mathematics have ever arisen fromhunter-gatherer-type societies?
[07:42] Delia: good question to ponder.
(Yan's comment: I don't think abstract mathematics have arisen from hunting culture. I think Finite
Mathematics and Geometry was developed under Agricultural society. Human brain has
capability of abstraction. I'm very interesting in roots or common ancestor of "Abstract
mathematics", Einstein's strange physics, Jung/Freud's strange psychology, Picasso's
strange paintings and Stravinsky's strange Music. I think the background is developmentof astronomy and physics at that time.)[07:42]

Tagline: I would think epinephrine and nor-epinephrine would also have been
associated more with the hunter gatherers
It has been shown for instance that if you walk down a hall and "accidentally" bumpshoulders with a regular guy, then no problem. If you bump shoulders with a Scotsman
or a Scots Irish guy, the epinephrine, testosterone and other hormones & physiologicalprocesses associated with aggression go UP right quickly! LOL
Measurable parameters show a demographic distinction in other worlds(Yan's comment: Boehn said "Hanting people = roots of equality principle” under context of
self-domestication, hunting people domesticated even themselves. So epinephrine is more
past/ principle property of human.)
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Yan: I start to categorize by Liberal and conservative, but soon I realized there are some Art
movements which don’t fit both of Liberal and Conservative. One is Expressionism. I thinkhuman emotion like delight, sad, angry, fear, are common among people.
2nd is Impressionism. Impressionists depict subjectively what they saw. There is no religious
story or legend story and I don’t feel strong “motivation for new experiment or sense”.
So we need 3rd Eye including both. Do you remember motoko's Idea, 3 type of eye at first?
[07:47] Fumon: The great nature itself was the enemy for the ancient community:)[07:47] Tagline: and the Walhall or home of the Gods, realm, I should say[07:50]

Tagline: it is remarkable that blotches of paint properly arranged to record theimpression of an artist (which must be based on neural encoding of vision as an
approximation of reality) still can impart an impression to other viewers that relates tothe original subject of a painting. (see the end of this chat-log)(Yan: As to why the painter produces some kind of impression to viewers, we need to understandpsychological effects such as grammar, derived from brain function. I think at first, color,straight line and curve of image object / asymmetry or facial expressions are influenced.
And next, the metaphor and metonymy of the picture derived from the culture areinfluenced.)[07:49] Delia: regarding abstract and concrete capabilities and development of thinking, notsure but suspect that music may provide a pathway into that.
[08:07] Beragon: Stephen Sondheim wrote an entire musical based on the Seurat painting(Yan's comment: Thank you Beragon、YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUdfHcfjsPM)[08:14] Chantal: yes ㋡[08:14] Tagline: I think it is remarkable that a meaningful parallel to impressionist art wasachieved in music composition[08:22] Delia: The Spirit Light Dance Company in SL did a performance of Impressions of10paintings in dance. You might find the videos Pia Klaar made of those interesting. Hereis a link to one of them.

(Yan’s comment: Thank you Delia. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KO2c1FTtPfM)
Yan: Then,

Yan: I named the 3rd Eye as Eye of Ajna of Hindu tradition because see, hidden eye between twoeyes. Don't think Hindu religion is common for Left and Right. I'm simply after the hidden eyes in
the Alan Levin's Art work (He's Mansplaining the Third Eye Thing Again?).
[07:50] Tagline: Mansplaining the Third Eye, lol[07:51] Jes: ㋡[07:51] Chantal: ㋡Yan: From now, I’ll show 36 slides including 101 Art works. Please see PDF for more detail images;
http://chikyu-to-umi.com/abyss/Art/Left-Middle-Right-eye.pdf[07:53] Chantal: All Yan's PDF's available athttps://www.sciencecircle.org/event/art-history-part-3/[07:54] Delia: thanks, Chantal[07:54] Chantal: You're welcome ㋡[07:53] Kunika: In the art in contemporary society, there are classifications of "hands" of artsand crafts and sculptures, "eyes of the heart" of painting art, "brains" of design
Architecture.
(Yan’s comment: Among the "eyes of the heart", it seems that Transformation-oriented and equality
principle is Left, the subjective drawing of as it is seeing is Middle, idealism is Right.)
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Yan: Then, let’s start,

Yan:(Left) Hindu Art. Sexy and dancing. I like very much
(Middle) Portrait of a woman give men special effect and common for Left and Right[07:55] Tagline: She looks like Scarlett Johansson (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0335119/)[07:55] Delia: lol
Yan:(Right) Nike and Venus of Milo. Nike is dynamic so Left is possible.

Yan(Left) Mannerism. I think these are not only dramatic expression but also affection from Hindu Art.
(Middle) Lovers is also common for Left and Right.
(Right) These 3 statues can be middle but they are goddess and god of Greek mythology. So I put
them on the Right.
[07:57] Tagline: Those were instant classics in Ancient Greece[07:58] Chantal: I appreciate them white, but originally they were colored[07:58] Beragon: In ancient times the Greek and Roman statues were painted. There is amovement to restore some to look like they did painted[07:59] Chantal: Interesting, Beragon, will search for it(Yan: Painted statues gives us different impression. I can't fix position of Ancient Greek Art yet. In
ancient Greece it is said that the nudity was admired as perfect, but these nude statues may
have been some kind of gravure idol for some Greek citizen. In any way, it is surprising that12

ancient Greek citizens displayed such a nude image in the middle of the public square. Was
not it related to the fact that the status of women was very low at that time?)[08:00] Delia: It would look so strange and "wrong" to have them colored even though that was
how they were originally. Funny how right and wrong get inculcated for us[08:00] Chantal: yes ㋡[08:02] Beragon: We only know many Greek works from Roman copies. I wonder if the Romans
painted them
[08:02] Jes: Agreed with Delia ㋡[08:03] Tagline: It is like taking a cat for a ride in the car, Delia

Yan(Left) More dramatic. These two statues are Christian theme, so Right is possible but I put themon the Left at this moment.
(Middle) I think Mother and child give women special effect and common for Left and Right.
Please check Fanny Eaton. She is UK model came from Africa and she has lot of story. And
Dyck's painting is Christianity theme and Right is possible, but I think they are not
God/Goddess but physical human. So I put it on the Middle.
(Right) Buddhism statures. God of Buddhism is different from Christianity but Buddhism think"never ending cycle of reincarnation" and I feel tranquil and eternity from these statue, so I
put them on the Right.
[08:00] Chantal: Beautiful[08:00] Tagline: These are wonderful images[08:01] Fumon: 弥勒菩薩半跏思惟像[08:01] Fumon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maitreya

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Yan
(Left) More and more dynamic. I like Artemisia very much. She has also lot of story. Please checklater,(Middle) Famous "The Scream". I like "Hope" very mush, Fear, Sadness, Pleasure are common
emotion so I put them Middle.
(Right) All are Christianity theme.

Yan(Left) Ocean. Very dynamic.
(Middle)Death. These paintings are better to put on the Right because these painting are

Christian or legend theme and they don’t show human’s emotion to death so much.
(Right) Above two paintings are Christian theme and we feel tranquility. Babel tower is Myth of the
Old Testament.
[08:03] Kunika: 第三の目は心の目いわゆる心眼を指すものだと思えます[08:04] Tagline: We hope that Great Wave off Kanagawa in the lower left will happen in the
United States on Tuesday[08:04] Beragon: lol

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Yan
(Left) These paintings are just Liberal. Picasso's "La Vie" (Life) has lot of story. Please check.
[08:06] Tagline: The more commercially successful artists did paintings of passengers in the 1stclass carriage.
[08:06] Akasha: ＾＾(Yan's comment: At that time, I heard rich people need to demonstrate he/she has sympathy withpoor people because Christian taught them to raise virtue to get ticket for heaven. )Yan:(Middle) Impressionism portray citizen.
Yan:(Right) These paintings are based on Legend.

Yan(Left) These are also Liberal. I like "Orphan Girl at the Cemetery" very much.
(Middle) Skip
(Right) I feel harmony from them.
[08:07] Chantal: what a great collection, Yan!
[08:08] Chantal: we have "The day" as a sculpture series in a fountain near the city hall,gorgeous15

Yan(Left) Above two paintings are derived from War. I wonder whether Gauguin's painting is Left or
Right. (To judge from the title, he painted not “Eternity” or “Reincarnation” but “Change”.)(Middle) Skip
(Right) If you see real size of "The Birth of Venus", you can see breath blow of Zephyros clearly
and you will feel more dynamic. Above Morgan's painting shows flying couple. At first, I
wonder whether they are Left or Right, but I put both paintings on the Right at this moment.

Yan(Left) Monster or unusual creatures. (motivation for new experiment or sense)(Middle) Skip
(Right) They utilize human brain is stimulated by vertical and horizontal lines, squares and colors.
Very simple and idealized. I think painters has special inspiration for idealization.
[08:11] Chantal: Goya :([08:11] Kunika: I wonder if the right brain and left brain of a human becomes the right eye andthe left eye.）(Yan: Since the optic nerves connecting the right-left brain and the right-left eye are intersected, thecorrespondence between the brain and the eyes is reversed. For example, the language
center is concentrated in the left brain, so it is consistent with the fact that the right eye (leftbrain) are logical. However, since the intersecting optic nerves are actually connected (halfintersection instead of all intersections), I do not know if this is true.)

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Yan
(Left) Unusual world (motivation for new experiment or sense)(Middle)Above is landscape of Impressionism. Lower is landscape of Pre-Raphaelite

Brotherhood. I think emotion to usual landscape is common for Left and Right.
[08:13] Kunika: セザンヌはほとんどデジタルの世界ですね[08:14] Kunika: 数学的です
Yan;(Right) Lower image of square, triangle and circle is titled as "The Universe". It is interesting incomparing with Second Life is consisted by cube, cylinder, sphere and torus.
[08:14] Beragon: I like that. The universe reduced to a few elemental forms

Yan(Left) Surrealism (motivation for new experiment or sense). Jung and Freud discover new world in
mind, unconsciousness.
(Middle) Impressionism(Right) Islamic Art looks complex, but geometric.
[08:16] Chantal: Complex but organized[08:16] Fumon: Close to the Fractal[08:16] Chantal: Yes, indeed ㋡[08:17] Beragon: Arab art is highly abstract because they are prohibited from depicting theprophet. In response artists create very intricate abstract designs.
(Yan's comment: I agree.)17

Yan(Left) Unusual world (motivation for new experiment or sense)(Middle) I wonder whether 花鳥風月(Flower, Bird, Wind and Moon, Beauties of nature) is Left or
Right.
(Right) Modernism architectures. Lower right image is portrait of madamoiselle, so Middle ispossible, but highly idealized, so I put this on the Right.

Yan:(Left) Balinese Art of Indonesia. Rich diversity[08:18] Jes: wow :))[08:18] Chantal: Left eye art speaks to Jes ㋡ volumes[08:18] Jes: hahaha[08:18] Beragon: °͜°
Yan:(Middle) Sansui (mountain and water)(Right) Milo and Klee's paintings (I wonder a little whether Left or Right)
Yan: Time has passed. There is no time for guided tour of Motoko Museum, so I'll give guided tour on
next Saturday, 10 Nov at 7 am PST (24:00 JST).
[08:18] Chantal: Wonderful presentation, Yan ㋡[08:18] Tagline: This is a pleasure to view
[08:19] Delia: Very interesting, Yan. Thank you for this presentation
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[08:20] Chantal: Next week?

Excellent ㋡[08:20] Chantal: Was hoping you would offer.
[08:20] Beragon: Museum tour next week?
[08:20] Chantal: yes, Beragon ㋡[08:20] Beragon: cool
[08:20] Kunika: 授業で集中できるのは 2 時間が限度ですね^^[08:21] Tagline: Thank you, Yan! This was very stimulating!
[08:21] Beragon: A*P*P*L*A*U*S*E!!!
[08:21] Chantal: Wonderful, subject!!!!!
[08:21] Fumon: .•*❤¨`•Applause•´¨`❤*•. yay[08:21] Tagline: APPLAUSE[08:21] Jes: Thank You yan :))) Loved the subject Yan[08:21] Chantal: ❤
[08:21] Kunika: ありがとうございます[08:21] Nat: claps[08:21] Jes: ❤
[08:21] Tagline: Very exploratory! Loved it!
[08:21] Jes: ✦✦ℋℹ❺✦✦[08:22] Fumon: HiGH 5!
[08:22] Jes: one of my favorite presentations this year
[08:22] Akasha: Thank you so much Yan ;)[08:22] Kunika: ^^[08:22] Yan: I'm sorry for long presentation[08:22] Chantal: Looking forward to the tour, both previous ones were memorable[08:22] Tagline: It was perfect, Yan[08:22] Jes: Long, but I enjoyed every second of it ㋡
[08:22] Chantal: Same ㋡[08:23] Chantal: It was worth every minute, Yan ㋡[08:23] Jes: ❤, Thank YOU for the presentation[08:23] Tagline: Thank you for sharing your ideas!
[08:23] Delia: It was long, Yan, but didn't feel long because it was interesting[08:23] Yan: I'm looking forward to read your comment.
[08:23] Fumon: 気候変動がおさまったあとに農耕文化が始まったという話は目からウロコでしたｗ

Taglin's additional comments
In terms of FINITE MATHEMATICS, I was thinking of most anything one can do with finite sets
including sets with algebraic or arithmetic structure. This includes combinatorics and19

probability theory of finite sets.
"Finite Mathematics" is a general term in maths curriculum to include most everything short ofcalculus. One way to think of FINITE MATHEMATICS is that it often relates to PARTITIONS of
SETS.

It strikes me that thinking exclusively in terms of "DIVIDING FINITE SETS ORRESOURCES UP" - in effect, partitioning finite sets - fits right in with "CONSERVATIVE"
mindsets.
On the other hand, Maths evolves into Calculus, abstract and non-Euclidean geometries,
topology and infinities of cardinality beyond that of the Natural Numbers (counting numbers, 1,
2, 3, 4, ..., n, ...)
To live in Nature, to survive in the wilderness, you might realize your own finiteness and thatyou can only acquire finite quantities of anything that is to be found, but I think there is a senseof the in between, the continuous trajectory between two points as a bird can fly, There is also
more attention to the mysteries of life than those things one can subdue, control or hold in yourpower (even if that is just an illusion).
I think too that artistic expression of primitive man likely had a pragmatic aspect, a goal basedon magical thinking and belief or hope that their focused thoughts and songs, drawings, carvings
could elicit a hoped-for outcome.
Anyway, it is really a fascinating topic and I really enjoyed your concepts as to the origins ofcertain types of thinking and art as reflected in different periods of human history. Thanks!

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