About Daniel Heller

BIOGRAPHY Daniel Heller is a professional architect multidisciplinary visual artist and author who lives and works in New York. An eclectic multi-disciplinary artist and author who expresses himself in figurative and abstract works in a variety of media: oil painting, photography, and digital art. He writes and illustrates visual literature fiction art books. His style is mostly representational imaginative realism, depicting subject matter that is futuristic in nature. He was influenced by the surrealists and derives inspiration from the old masters. The artist graduated with a Bachelor's degree from the school of architecture in Florence. He has practiced architecture for over 35 years, designing numerous healing environments in the United States. He exhibited in several countries and his works are held in private collections in Australia, the UK, Israel, and the United States.

Plato’s regimes

THE FIVE REGIMES OF PLATO'S REPUBLIC In his Republic, Plato identifies five political regimes. In order of importance (from good to worst), these government types are aristocracy, timocracy, oligarchy, [...]

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Art as imitation

ART AS IMITATION Plato asserted that when artists are making or performing art they are imitating. Art imitates physical things (objects or events). Physical things imitate Forms (read Plato's [...]

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Duality in Plato’s Republic

PLATONIC DUALITY Duality is "...an instance of opposition or contrast between two concepts or two aspects of something; a dualism..." - Dictionary. Plato debates in the Republic the important [...]

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Plato and Art

Plato and Art Many have debated the purpose and validity of the art-making process. And many have also asserted, that the making of visual art is contrary to the [...]

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