He proposed a theory about four-dimensional perception, which states the concepts behind the renaissanceperspective involving four dimensions instead of three dimensions assigned to it.[5] These studies culminated in the development of the method of the four-dimensional perspective.[6]
Versatilism is an artistic movement proposed in 2007, from a literarymanifesto,[7] with the intention of freeing people from the expert analysis and promoting the practice of art as a form of self-knowledge and spiritual enhancement.
"New ideas are hard to identify, hard to assimilate, and only detachment may be able to evaluate them in a more open way. When a man assumes the role of giving the verdict about what artists are doing, or the society gives him this role, we are one step closer to repeat the greatest injustices that men of science, philosophy, arts and religion have suffered throughout history." – Interview about the Versatilist Manifesto[9]
Quadriptych Observation in time (1997), 240 × 160 cm, acrylic on canvasFour-dimensional perspective with nine vanishing points. The ninth point is outside the limits of the canvas.[10]
Four-dimensional perspective
After spending four years writing the Theory of four-dimensional perception (1995), Mandarino developed a new method, in a subject for many years stagnant. In the perspective of four dimensions, the observer is not a static element (fixed point), as one sees in traditional processes.[11]
In Observation in time (1997) can be found nine different vanishing points and horizon lines, representing different moments of an observer who turns his head and moves vertically and horizontally.[12]
This kind of painting admits curved or spherical canvas.[12]
Discography
The discography includes the following albums:[13][14][15]
Volume 1 – 2003
Tributo – 2004
Peças para Violão – 2005
Instrumental – 2006
Musa – 2007
Renascentieval – 2008
A Sociedade do Rei e o Xadrez – 2009
Um toque de humor – 2009
Improvisos, variações, releituras... – 2010
Reconstruções – 2011
Tributo 2 – 2012
Versátil – 2013
Nem Só para Crianças – 2015
Gallery
Portraits
Grandma (detail), 50 × 70 cm, oil on canvas
Room of models, 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas
Landscape in blue and orange, 80 × 120 cm, oil on canvas
Samia's portrait, acrylic on canvas
Guardians
Bedouins (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas
Knight (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas
Mary's Lancers (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas
Roman Soldiers (guardians series), 50 × 70 cm, acrylic on canvas
