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Category Archives: Formal Analysis
Immersion
In the first post in this series, I discussed ways in which the space around a single figural sculpture becomes a tacit part of the artwork by virtue of the moving viewer’s interpretive act. In the second post, I considered … Continue reading
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Tagged Architecture, Buddhism, Christianity, fresco, painting, phenomenology, Sculpture
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Inception: A meta-magical matryoshka
This review of Inception contains light spoilers. We’ve just returned from seeing Inception at the local IMAX. Christopher Nolan has created a masterpiece of communication. A sci-fi action drama about lucid dreaming, Inception is an expertly acted, character driven tale … Continue reading
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Technology
In the previous post in this series, I considered how the pose and three-dimensionality of a figural sculpture support its interpretation. I noted that representational sculptures reside at the intersection of what is actual and what is virtual. Because it … Continue reading
Diegesis
Poor Agostino di Duccio. He had learned his craft under the most innovative and imaginatively expressive sculptural master of the quattrocento, Donatello. But Agostino could not have been happy on the mountain in Carrara as he oversaw the quarrying of … Continue reading
Evidence in Art: Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson
Henry Ossawa Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson, oil on canvas, 1893, may be seen at the Hampton University Museum in Hampton, Virginia. Tanner’s The Banjo Lesson presents a memorable and moving scene: light from an unseen fireplace spreads leftward across a … Continue reading
