12-05-2024, 06:57 PM
Or perhaps the artist had heard of perspective [3-D] and chose not to use it. All that extra time lining things up. Heck with it. Two dimensions are sufficient, three would be excessive. What is the purpose of the illustrations? This is clearly not a work of representational artistry. Do the illustrations constitute a form of communication? What does the artistry have to say?
What form does this communication take? Is the VMs expository? Was it intended to come right out and say what the author(s) intended to communicate as plainly as possible? Or is this something else? Something more complex, more involved, more intricate, more sophisticated, more tricky than was expected. Examples from certain investigations, starting with the VMs cosmos, show what the VMs artist knew and how they chose to represent that information. The examples make historical connections, and they also seem to show an intentional manipulation of appearance.
What form does this communication take? Is the VMs expository? Was it intended to come right out and say what the author(s) intended to communicate as plainly as possible? Or is this something else? Something more complex, more involved, more intricate, more sophisticated, more tricky than was expected. Examples from certain investigations, starting with the VMs cosmos, show what the VMs artist knew and how they chose to represent that information. The examples make historical connections, and they also seem to show an intentional manipulation of appearance.