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Ways Of Seeing On YouTube
EPISODE ONE, PART ONE John Berger tells us that late 20th century audiences view classic paintings very differently from earlier people. A large part of seeing depends on habit and convention. European paintings are made for European perspectives. Perspective depends on the eye of the beholder, like an inverse lighthouse. Instead of light beaming in, […]
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Shadow and Light Source In Picture Books Analysis
In picture books as in all illustration, the artist can use light source and shadow to create atmosphere, or even to add to the story. Complement this with my post on creating aerial perspective. OVERLAPPING SHADOWS Overlapping shadows tend to suggest the power of the objects that cast them over the objects they overlap. Perry […]
