Vol II: The Mirror as Phase
During the Renaissance artists attempted to mirror ‘nature’ – there was a belief in the notion of a universal truth and a transcendental ideal that art should attempt to reflect. This belief system could be considered a ‘phase’ in the narrative of western art.
The other phase I refer to here is the French philosopher Jacque Lacan’s mirror phase in which the infant, at around six months recognises herself as the “I” in the mirror and irrevocably enters the realm of the linguistic.
