Friday, September 10, 2010

Baxandall Patterns of intention


In Baxandall’s essay, he states that people don’t explain pictures, but instead we explain remarks about pictures. He states that in every explanation there is always an implied description of the painting. This I totally agree with because one can’t explain something about a painting without referring to a particular feature of it. Baxandall also states that a painting cannot be created merely from descriptions, because a painting is much more than merely descriptions. There are things such as colour sequences, spatial relations and even proportions. This is why art is so special, because it can look so simple yet so complicated at the same time.

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