A Manifesto of Visionary Art
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A Manifesto of Visionary Art[1] (Recluse 2001, English and French editions) is an art manifesto on visionary art written by Laurence Caruana. It concerns visionary strains based on the Old Master tradition in late 20th century art.
Precursors
In his Manifesto of Visionary Art, Caruana distinguishes three varieties of visionaries: true visionaries, near visionaries and false visionaries.
True visionaries are given as Bosch, Schongauer, Grünewald, Altdörfer, Hans Baldung, Grien, Bruegel, Signorelli, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Arcimboldo, Master of theTarot de Marseille, Master of Rosarium Philosophorum, Master of the Splendor Solis series, Goya, John Martin, Blake, C.D Friedrich, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Gustave Moreau, Gustave Doré, Redon, Delville, Khnopff, Klinger, Klimt, Dali.
Near visionaries are given as Van Eyck, Van der Weyden, Van der Goes, Memling, Dürer, J. Gossart, P. d. Francesca, Botticelli, Cellini, Bronzino, Rembrandt, Vermeer, El Greco, C.G. Carus, David, Bouguereau, Théodore Géricault, Rodin, Vincent van Gogh, Gauguin, Monet, James Ensor, Munch, Picasso
False visionaries are given as Van Leyden, Cranach, F. Clouet, Fra F. Lippi, Raphael, Tintoretto, Caravaggio, Rubens, Fantin-Latour, Turner, Ingres, Poussin, Eugène Delacroix, Courbet, Bonnard, Vuillard, Rouault, Seurat, Renoir, Chagall
Late 20th century artists
- "In France and Belgium, there stands at present the works of Dado, Di Maccio, Jean-Pierre Ugarte, Roland Cat, Lucas Kandl, Erik Heyninck, Michel Henricot, Francois Schlesser, Christophe Vacher, Jean-Yves Kervevan, Patrick Delorme, and Gregoire Massineau. In Germany and Austria, Ohlhauser, Peter Gric, Daniel Friedemann, Heinz Zander, Karl Kaefer, Mannfred Ebster, Manfred Sillner, Michael Maschka, and Otfried Culmann. In Norway, Odd Nerdrum. In Poland, Beksinski, Yerka, and Banach. In England, Alan Senior, Brigid Marlin, Laurie Lipton. In Australia, Damian Micheals and Paul Freeman. In Italy, Bruno di Maio, Benedetto Fellin, and Paolo Grimaldi. In America, Weber, Judson Huss, Martina Hoffmann, Ann McMoy, Cynthia de Robbins, Anton Brink, Andrew Gonzalez, Brian Ward and Voke."