If Hedi,
when working with a model, does not "feel" him or her, she is unable to
paint, it does not work.
The "Mitteleuropa School"
took from the heritage of Cimabue the understanding of the proper I as
an angular stone of the universe in relation to creation; that is why the
act of painting is important to them (theatre towards painting).
For the tradition of the
Byzantine icon, the pictorial work opens onto theatre (painting towards
theatre).
The painter turns towards
the model in order to paint: it is a theatrical act ("Mitteleuropa"), and
if the painter turns towards the public, it is the Byzantine icon with
the golden background (Church origins).
Theophane's icons and the
paintings of the greatest artists of the "School of Paris" were able to
combine personal expression and its transmission to the public.
