CHAPTER 4: VISUAL STRUCTURES
All objects, images and texts are composed of two dimensions: Time and space.
Space: The spatial aspect of any composition has two factors: Placement and Presence
Placement:
At the top: Idealization & divine
At the bottom: down-to-earth & realistic
At the left: Something assumed
At the Right: Something new
At the center: Shows centrality with reference to marginal aspects in the picture.
Foregrounding: Giving importance
Presence:
Proximity: Together/Apart
Balance: Symmetry/Symmetry
Number: Many/Few
Size: Large/Small
Color: Bright/Dull
Contrast: High/Low
Detail: Fine/Course
Tone: Light/Dark
Shape: Regular/Irregular
Texture: Rough/Smooth
Time: Static/Moving
Arrangement: Organized/Unorganized
Time: The temporal dimension of composition has two factors: Placement and Presence
Temporal Placement:
Before/After
Temporal Presence:
Whether something is shown in Present, Past or Future.
Fast/Slow
Key Concepts: Viewer & Image, Ideal & Real, Given & New, Center & Margin, Foreground & Background, Proximity & Presence, Before & After, Past-Present-Future, Fast & Slow.
In case of simplified images, there may be differing interpretations, based on what and how you see them. The notional position of a viewer matters in interpretation(s).
"there is a clue in the picture itself. More important than this, though, there is the standard convention that reading the image from left to right is simply correct."
"it seems true to say that the information placed on one side of a composition is usually "given" or assumed, while the information on the other side tends to be "new" or unexpected."
Often we group things together because of their proximity. Things that are placed near one another are tend to be grouped together. On the other hand, things that are placed apart from one another we tend to think of as separate.
All objects, images and texts are composed of two dimensions: Time and space.
Space: The spatial aspect of any composition has two factors: Placement and Presence
Placement:
At the top: Idealization & divine
At the bottom: down-to-earth & realistic
At the left: Something assumed
At the Right: Something new
At the center: Shows centrality with reference to marginal aspects in the picture.
Foregrounding: Giving importance
Presence:
Proximity: Together/Apart
Balance: Symmetry/Symmetry
Number: Many/Few
Size: Large/Small
Color: Bright/Dull
Contrast: High/Low
Detail: Fine/Course
Tone: Light/Dark
Shape: Regular/Irregular
Texture: Rough/Smooth
Time: Static/Moving
Arrangement: Organized/Unorganized
Time: The temporal dimension of composition has two factors: Placement and Presence
Temporal Placement:
Before/After
Temporal Presence:
Whether something is shown in Present, Past or Future.
Fast/Slow
Key Concepts: Viewer & Image, Ideal & Real, Given & New, Center & Margin, Foreground & Background, Proximity & Presence, Before & After, Past-Present-Future, Fast & Slow.
In case of simplified images, there may be differing interpretations, based on what and how you see them. The notional position of a viewer matters in interpretation(s).
"there is a clue in the picture itself. More important than this, though, there is the standard convention that reading the image from left to right is simply correct."
"it seems true to say that the information placed on one side of a composition is usually "given" or assumed, while the information on the other side tends to be "new" or unexpected."
Often we group things together because of their proximity. Things that are placed near one another are tend to be grouped together. On the other hand, things that are placed apart from one another we tend to think of as separate.
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