Denis Garcia Mandarino (born May 7, 1964) is a Brazilian composer, artist and writer, and a disciple of

Hans-Joachim Koellreutter Hans-Joachim Koellreutter (2 September 1915 – 13 September 2005) was a Brazilian composer, teacher and musicologist. Koellreutter was born in Freiburg, Germany and lived in Brazil from 1937 onward, where he became one of the country's most infl ...

choral A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

conducting and

aesthetics Aesthetics (also spelled esthetics) is the branch of philosophy concerned with the nature of beauty and taste (sociology), taste, which in a broad sense incorporates the philosophy of art.Slater, B. H.Aesthetics ''Internet Encyclopedia of Ph ...

.Associação Brasileira de Letras. He proposed a theory about four-dimensional

perception Perception () is the organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information in order to represent and understand the presented information or environment. All perception involves signals that go through the nervous syste ...

, which states the concepts behind the

renaissance The Renaissance ( , ) is a Periodization, period of history and a European cultural movement covering the 15th and 16th centuries. It marked the transition from the Middle Ages to modernity and was characterized by an effort to revive and sur ...

perspective involving four dimensions instead of three dimensions assigned to it. These studies culminated in the development of the method of the four-dimensional perspective. Mandarino wrote the Versatilist manifesto (2007).

Versatilism

Versatilism is an artistic

movement Movement may refer to: Generic uses * Movement (clockwork), the internal mechanism of a timepiece * Movement (sign language), a hand movement when signing * Motion, commonly referred to as movement * Movement (music), a division of a larger co ...

proposed in 2007, from a

literary Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems. It includes both print and digital writing. In recent centuries, ...

manifesto A manifesto is a written declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer, be it an individual, group, political party, or government. A manifesto can accept a previously published opinion or public consensus, but many prominent ...

, with the intention of freeing people from the expert analysis and promoting the practice of art as a form of self-knowledge and spiritual enhancement.

"New ideas are hard to identify, hard to assimilate, and only detachment may be able to evaluate them in a more open way. When a man assumes the role of giving the verdict about what artists are doing, or the society gives him this role, we are one step closer to repeat the greatest injustices that men of science, philosophy, arts and religion have suffered throughout history." – Interview about the Versatilist Manifesto''

Observacao no tempo - 240 x 160 cm - acrylic on canvas 1997

Four-dimensional perspective

After spending four years writing the ''Theory of four-dimensional perception'' (1995), Mandarino developed a new method, in a subject for many years stagnant. In the perspective of four dimensions, the observer is not a static element (fixed point), as one sees in

traditional A tradition is a system of beliefs or behaviors (folk custom) passed down within a group of people or society with symbolic meaning or special significance with origins in the past. A component of cultural expressions and folklore, common examp ...

processes. (pp. 20–23). In ''Observation in time'' (1997) can be found nine different

vanishing point A vanishing point is a point (geometry), point on the projection plane, image plane of a graphical perspective, perspective rendering where the two-dimensional perspective projections of parallel (geometry), parallel lines in three-dimensional ...

s and horizon lines, representing different moments of an observer who turns his head and moves vertically and horizontally. This kind of painting admits curved or spherical

canvas Canvas is an extremely durable Plain weave, plain-woven Cloth, fabric used for making sails, tents, Tent#Marquees and larger tents, marquees, backpacks, Shelter (building), shelters, as a Support (art), support for oil painting and for other ite ...

Discography

The discography includes the following albums: # ''Volume 1'' – 2003 # ''Tributo'' – 2004 # ''Peças para Violão'' – 2005 # ''Instrumental'' – 2006 # ''Musa'' – 2007 # ''Renascentieval'' – 2008 # ''A Sociedade do Rei e o Xadrez'' – 2009 # ''Um toque de humor'' – 2009 # ''Improvisos, variações, releituras...'' – 2010 # ''Reconstruções'' – 2011 # ''Tributo 2'' – 2012 # ''Versátil'' – 2013 # ''Nem Só para Crianças'' – 2015

Gallery

Portraits

File:Avó do artista - detalhe.jpg, ''Grandma'' (detail), 50 × 70 cm, oil on canvas File:Sala das modelos.jpg, Room of models, 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas File:Paisagem em azul e laranja.jpg, ''Landscape in blue and orange'', 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas File:Retrato de Samia.jpg, ''Samia's portrait'', acrylic on canvas

Guardians

File:Beduínos.jpg, ''Bedouins'' (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas File:Cavaleiro Guardiões.jpg, ''Knight'' (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas File:Lanceiros de Maria.jpg, ''Mary's Lancers'' (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas File:Soldados Romanos.jpg, ''Roman Soldiers'' (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas

References

External links

* English-Portugues.pdf Full transcription, (in English). * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mandarino, Denis Música Popular Brasileira guitarists Brazilian composers Brazilian painters Brazilian male writers 1964 births Living people