The Gordian Knot
An exceedingly complicated problem or deadlock.
Visual Artists also have to deal with solutions to problems that have to be solve by Critical Thinking. Some people might call it "thinking outside the box." The Gordian Knot is an example of the bold, "Out of the Box" thinking of Alexander the Great.
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| An imaginary rendition of what the Gordian Knot may have looked like. |
This Neo-Classical painting depicts Alexander the Great cutting the knot on the ox cart with his sword.
Painting by Fedele Fischetti (Naples, 30 March 1732 – Naples, c.1792)[1] was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period.
The Gordian Knot is a legend of Phrygian Gordium associated with Alexander the Great. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem (disentangling an "impossible" knot) solved easily by cheating or "thinking outside the box" ("cutting the Gordian knot"):
Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking.
Painting by Fedele Fischetti (Naples, 30 March 1732 – Naples, c.1792)[1] was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period.
Thinking outside the box (also thinking out of the box is a metaphor that means to think differently, unconventionally, or from a new perspective. This phrase often refers to novel or creative thinking.
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| Bach Out of the Box 18x24 $650 framed |
Wolfgang"s Complexities 18x24 pastel $650 framed
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| Dancing Around Boxes with Bach 16X20 pastel $650 framed +shipping (not included) |
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| Steppin Out 18x24 pastel $650 framed+shipping (not included) My "Out of the Box" paintings were painted with Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart both of whom were very original and innovative composers in their day. Like so many creative and original artists, their work was not accepted in their own time and they died penniless. |
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