The Invisible Made Visible Video (DVD)

Artists like Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer attempted to portray the events, the political environment, and social issues happening during their times through the use of abstract images. In fact, in a way, all artists strive to represent ideas and concepts that cannot be seen through their art.

Using art and iconography to represent something intangible like an idea or an event is a strategy used by the sculptor when he fashions a monument to commemorate fallen heroes, or by the architect who designs a building to showcase power.

Artists make the invisible become visible when they translate the abstract into art.

(25 minutes)