Foundations of Design: Representation - Module 2 Journal Nicolette

Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M2 JOURNAL - FLATNESS vs PROJECTION Nicolette Ciccarelli

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WEEK 3 READING: LEGER, LE CORBUSIER, AND PURISM

Question 1: What is Pictorial Space according to Le Corbusier?

Pictorial space is that which cannot be entered or circulated through; it is irremediably space viewed from a distance, therefore eternally resigned to frontality. It is almost like an illusion of space in works where the image is projected as receding backward and away from the plane of the picture.

Question 2: The Flatness of Le Corbusier’s painting’s are attributable to two properties. What are they?

And what are these pitted against?

In Le Corbusier’s paintings, the closing of distance between the concept of frontalization and their grounds against texture affected the imagery of depth. It is believed that these attribute to the flatness of his work. These two elements are generally pitted against black in order to demonstrate contrasting visuals.

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MARIO’S WORLD

FIRST WORLD

SECOND WORLD

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1ST MARIO’S WORLD

Above is a rough sketch of my first Mario’s world.

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COMBINED MARIO’S WORLD

Above is the final copy of the combined Mario worlds before it was retraced in Illustrator.

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WEEK 4 READING: PRACTICE ARCHITECTURE, TECHNIQUE AND REPRESENTATION Question 1: Explain the difference between Pictoral (in this case perspectival) space and Projection.

An axonometric is generally known to transcript abstract information to the viewer. It is also very precise as it consists mostly of careful lines and curves projected at certain angles to produce complex and intellectual designs, as it is often able to show what does not actually exist in theory.

Perspective art instead tends to communicate real information onto the picture plane. It does not necessarily require a precise technique, rather it is relatively indefinite and flexible in its projection of demonstrating to the viewer what already exists.

The technical difference between the two styles is the absence of the vanishing point in the axonometric form.

Question 2: Where did Axonometric projection first arise, and why?

Axonometric projections first came about in 1925, whereby El Lissitzky wrote about the pressure of sustained innovation in forms of representation. He mentions the principles of the axonometric, namely the ‘irrational space’ and the idea of the infinite viewpoint.

El Lissitzky suspects in his piece of writing that the necessity for innovation and new forms of representation by the revolutionary artists of the time are responsible for the axonometric form.

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ILLUSTRATED MARIO’S NEW WORLD

This Mario’s New World has been made by a series of hand-drawn axonometric sketches, followed by a trace in Illustrator.

Also using Illustrator, colour and shadowing have been added to this world in an attempt to give the image depth and character.

The completed Mario’s New World.

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APPENDIX The image to the left demonstrates the set-up that was required to complete the axonometric sketches of the combined Mario Worlds.

The image to the left shows the state of my bedroom floor during almost the process of this Module.

The above image shows a rough contrast between the 2d original image of one of the Mario Worlds as compared to my fine-line sketch.

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