You, Yakov, explain, because I know you as an avid Great Traveler. ;) For example: in Russian it's to the right, in Japanese it's to the left, or vice versa, or maybe in our minds it's left-to-right? Thank you!
Yakov Trembovolsky, Nikolay Nikitin, I don't know about Yakov, but for me, the bird looks to the left and meets the viewer's gaze. If you turn it around, the bird will look along with the viewer. I prefer my version. Thank you!
Left-right is a very interesting and significant opposition in visual practices. It's connected both to the functional differences between the left and right hemispheres, and to writing. For non-hieroglyphic writing, which unfolds from left to right, these vectors are perceived differently than for vertical writing and writing from right to left.
There's obviously plenty of material on the internet. Arnheim has a lot of interesting information on this in "Art and Visual Perception."
Theoretically, if a bird looks to the right, it's looking into the distance, and space unfolds as it looks. If it looks at us, it closes space. Something like that... ))
In theory, if the bird looks to the right, it's looking into the distance, and the space unfolds as it moves. If it looks at us, it closes the space. Something like that... ))
Yes, of course. You can also rotate it, and the emphasis will shift a bit. In my version, the gaze stops at the bird, enhancing the center of the composition, from which further consideration moves inward, to the right, to the left, and back to the bird.
You could flip it horizontally so the bird is facing right... ))
For example: in Russian it's to the right, in Japanese it's to the left, or vice versa, or maybe in our minds it's left-to-right?
Thank you!
I don't know about Yakov, but for me, the bird looks to the left and meets the viewer's gaze. If you turn it around, the bird will look along with the viewer. I prefer my version.
Thank you!
Left-right is a very interesting and significant opposition in visual practices.
It's connected both to the functional differences between the left and right hemispheres, and to writing.
For non-hieroglyphic writing, which unfolds from left to right, these vectors
are perceived differently than for vertical writing and writing from right to left.
There's obviously plenty of material on the internet. Arnheim has a lot of interesting information on this in "Art and Visual Perception."
Theoretically, if a bird looks to the right, it's looking into the distance, and space unfolds as it
looks. If it looks at us, it closes space.
Something like that... ))
You can also rotate it, and the emphasis will shift a bit.
In my version, the gaze stops at the bird, enhancing the center of the composition, from which further consideration moves inward, to the right, to the left, and back to the bird.
That makes sense. ))
Sergey Militsky,
plenAIR,
Sergey Tigarev,
Vladus_DS,
R.Bakson,
stargazer,
Yakov Trembovolsky,
Nikolay Nikitin,
top-lena, ash,
Alexander Shilyaev,
Chena,
Thank you very much!
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Thanks!