Visual Literacy Quiz 3

Surface & Space Together

> Vanishing-Point Perspective

> Isometric Perspective

> Surface & Space

Vanishing-Point Perspective

System with limitations; effectively places viewer; can distort - not how we see; tends to weight bottom

Isometric Perspective

Linear perspective w/out vanishing point; parallel lines in nature remain that way; flattening effect; interaction of 2D surface and space illusion

Surface & Space

Various strategies to reinforce interaction of 2D surface and spatial illusion

Scale & Size

Size: actual mass

Scale: filing of space projected

> Scale/Size Comparisons

> Structure & Scale

> Proportional Systems

> Golden Section

> Tatami Mats

> Monumental Scale

> Intimate Scale

Scale/Size Comparisons

Juxtaposing similar objects; playing with size expectations

Structure & Scale

Smaller structures within the whole; substructures

Proportional Systems

> Golden Section: Greeks

> Tatami Mats: Traditional Japanese system

Monumental Scale

Larger, simpler forms; downplaying detail; independent of actual size

Intimate Scale

Implied informality, fluidity and impermanence; private

Shape

Visible record of forces on flat surface; inside/outside tension; actual/implied gestalt

> Simple & Complex Shape

> Geometric & Organic Shape

> Positive & Negative Shape

> Weight

> Tension & Shape

Simple & Complex Shape

Easily/less grasped by eye

Geometric & Organic Shape

Baggage: nature/culture; contrived/evolved

Positive & Negative Shape

Always important relationship; like figure/ground, interesting when more equally weighted

Weight & Shape

Symmetrical; geometric; squarer; higher-placed shapes = heavier; value and texture also play role

Tension & Shape

Imagine basic shapes pulled, distorted; gives energy & direction