The figure is strange because it is meant to represent a three dimensional object that we cannot imagine without having to somehow reconstruct our understanding of the limitations of our physical world. To us the figure is a picture of an impossible situation, because it is not possible within the reality we perceive. However, it can be argued that the figure is possible as a figure of a singular plane object. We are only trying to create an impossible situation when there really is none. But if we chose to claim the figure is meant to be a representative of a three dimensional object then we have to analyze how Wittgenstein would describe a picture and apply it to a picture of an impossible situation. To Wittgenstein a picture is a representation …show more content…
It can be a picture of sticks on a flat surface where each line represents a stick. The picture does fit into Wittgenstein's ideas about pictures because the picture will share a form with what is meant to represent; sticks on a flat surface. It can also be proven to be a true or real state of affairs. A picture has the possibility to depict a state of affairs, correctly or incorrectly. In the case of the figure depicting an object in a singular plane, the figure as a picture depicts the state of affairs correctly because they are both in a single plane. The picture has elements that represent objects. The objects are the sticks and they are being represented by the lines on the paper. The elements, the lines relate to each other as the objects they represent would. If we were to place sticks on a flat surface we can place them in the same way that the lines in the picture do. Thus a structure of the picture is created where the elements relate to each other in the same way. Because a structure was able to be created then the picture has pictorial form. Pictorial form is only the possibility of the objects being related in the same way as the elements in the picture relate. And we have seen that it is possible for the objects, the sticks to relate in the same way that the elements do. Because the picture can have pictorial form, then it also has a pictorial relationship with what it represents. There are correlations with the elements of the picture and the objects, they are relating in the same way. The picture depicts the reality of the sticks being placed on a flat surface a certain way, displaying its pictorial form. In this case where the figure is a picture of sticks on a flat surface, the picture also has logical form and can be considered a logical picture. The picture in this case agrees with reality and therefore
A figurative image means more than what it says it is. It suggests certain meanings that must be interpreted. Similes, met...
Large and medium sizes of the forms dominate over small in the painting. The arrangement of the objects in this art piece is mostly centric. However, even though it is central, it is not symmetrical. The painter also touched the left edge of the burlap and the right bottom corner of it; this helps viewer’s eye to enter the painting smoothly, move around and escape from it. The asymmetry of the arrangement creates the sense of imbalance. Lam uses basic lines and shapes in the composition. Nevertheless, the painter creates wonderful light movement inside the figure with wavy shapes, which directs viewer’s eye from the top to the
imagery illustrates the scene and tone of the speaker. The use of personification portrays the
Having such an image before our eyes, often we fail to recognize the message it is trying to display from a certain point of view. Through Clark’s statement, it is evident that a photograph holds a graphic message, which mirrors the representation of our way of thinking with the world sights, which therefore engages other
using our senses to see them, this is the way we can also prove the
The painting’s canvas has been exploited perfectly. All the space on the canvas had been used. However, space was not used to create depth, and there was no layering or recession present. The painting does not feel that it has motion, apart from what it looks like the creatures eating from the tree of life. The eating motion was depicted by the posture of the creatures, with arms extending towards the plants – in the case of creatures – or beaks being wide open – in the case of birds. All these factors 'accord' the painting with a unique
... study for the overall concept they appear rather as abstract patterns. The shadows of the figures were very carefully modeled. The light- dark contrasts of the shadows make them seem actually real. The spatial quality is only established through the relations between the sizes of the objects. The painting is not based on a geometrical, box like space. The perspective centre is on the right, despite the fact that the composition is laid in rows parallel to the picture frame. At the same time a paradoxical foreshortening from right to left is evident. The girl fishing with the orange dress and her mother are on the same level, that is, actually at equal distance. In its spatial contruction, the painting is also a successful construction, the groups of people sitting in the shade, and who should really be seen from above, are all shown directly from the side. The ideal eye level would actually be on different horizontal lines; first at head height of the standing figures, then of those seated. Seurats methods of combing observations which he collected over two years, corresponds, in its self invented techniques, to a modern lifelike painting rather than an academic history painting.
What we see is not the truth, but rather our interpretation and distortion of the things we struggle to perceive, as our imagination fuses with our conception of reality. We conceptualize these omnipotent forces through our uses of symbols – to create an understandable world through abstractions – in order to explain what these forces are. [INTRODUCE CAPRA]
It’s important for the reader to imagine the full picture of the object. For example, describing the locations, the colors, shape, and any other characteristics will help the reader will imagine the scene in their head or the scenery. Goldberg uses William Carlos Williams poem “Daisy” as an example to show how he is being specific. In the poem he describes how a daisy looks, the season a daisy grows in, and other details about a daisy. Williams put your imagination and your six senses to work with the poem “Daisy”. For example, Williams uses the description “round yellow center” to describe how the center of the daisy looks. He tries to capture every detail of a daisy in his writing, but he didn’t only describe a daisy; he also describes the location of the
meaning the objects are the normal circle, square, and rectangular shapes. Even the objects cut out and missing are a geometric shape. This could go along with how maybe the artist is trying to show the normality in a person’s everyday life. These shapes are considered the normal, more popular types just like how these objects are the normal objects to have in a homeowner’s
To create more sympathy on the viewer, he used the abstract art, using the circle to represent for children (it looks like a dumbbell on her shoulder). He was smart when using a rectangle combined with the affected of linear perspective was created
...o identify any geometric shapes someone would recognize. We see trees, people, and clouds. As a matter of fact, not even the staff the man in the focal point is holding is geometrical in shape, but crooked, as if it had been used for years. It is amazing how both geometric and organic shapes can create something that looks almost as authentic as a picture.
They are locked in a longing gaze, attempting to stop time in anticipation of their separation. The figures are also placed further into the composition and moved from the center. A column from the pointed arch, the corner of the room, the window frame, and the ledge of the partition converge at the figures to focus the viewer’s attention to where the height of action takes place. Aside from their position, these lines are also elongated in comparison to the first painting, helped too by an elongation of the canvas. These stretched lines, along with the open space around the figures, reflect the characters’ helplessness in denying that their time together is soon ending.
B. Shape – The most obvious shape is the round sun in the upper left of the painting. The bottom of the sun is going into the horizon to represent sunset. The house is represented by a triangle front on top of a cube to give the impression of depth. An oval shape represents the figure’s face.
Lines are paths or marks left by moving points and they can be outlines or edges of shapes and forms. Lines have qualities which can help communicate ideas and feelings such as straight or curved, thick or thin, dark or light, and continuous or broken. Implied lines suggest motion or organize an artwork and they are not actually seen, but they are present in the way edges of shapes are lined up.