tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post4213067389094886406..comments2024-03-22T21:02:55.051+13:00Comments on Bat, Bean, Beam: The art of lookingGiovanni Tisohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47486018278679788322015-03-11T18:52:30.528+13:002015-03-11T18:52:30.528+13:00"In Aymara, spoken in South America, the futu..."In Aymara, spoken in South America, the future is behind and the past in front."<br /><br />Like Maori, then. Walking backwards into the unknown, guided by ancestors.<br /><br />Wonder which direction they would have chosen to write in if the early missionary colonists had offered a choice?Sachahttp://sachadylan.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-32347063864900469522015-03-10T13:42:45.649+13:002015-03-10T13:42:45.649+13:00The original looks to me like he's only just f...The original looks to me like he's only just failed to cross the bridge (to safety, etc.), whereas the flipped one looks like he's crossed it. Heroic failure vs ambush. Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-91684490696714639572015-03-10T10:12:54.588+13:002015-03-10T10:12:54.588+13:00So much for ASCII art. Imaging more spaces before ...So much for ASCII art. Imaging more spaces before the O.Lyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-48530735461780767182015-03-10T10:11:56.878+13:002015-03-10T10:11:56.878+13:00I think my eye follows lines as well (starting at ...I think my eye follows lines as well (starting at the left) so that doesn't help settle the Cartier-Bresson picture either.<br /><br />I remember I was quite taken looking at a postcard of <a href="http://i1171.photobucket.com/albums/r548/retroclassics/daliSWANSREFLECTINGELEPHANTS_zpsc7eee0c0.jpg" rel="nofollow">Swans Reflecting Elephants</a> by the way, if my eye actually reached the distantLyndonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05622953598107216261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-58388695526529992072015-03-10T09:10:58.443+13:002015-03-10T09:10:58.443+13:00Thank you Steve, the Quetzalcoatl story is really ...Thank you Steve, the Quetzalcoatl story is really fascinating. You reminded me I should really have included <a href="http://www.uffizi.org/img/artworks/martini-annunciazione.jpg" rel="nofollow">the Annunciation by Simone Martini</a> at the Uffizi, in which the voice of the angel is projected toward Mary in a stunning precursor to modern cartoon art (also speaking to eeeickythump's point). Giovanni Tisohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618534731338616708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-27709469357074579042015-03-10T07:21:46.422+13:002015-03-10T07:21:46.422+13:00I guess an obvious observation to make about the c...I guess an obvious observation to make about the continuous narrative pictures and triptychs is that they are probably an important ancestor of modern comics.eeeickythumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06423666849956415293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-45270727193669342322015-03-10T05:57:02.362+13:002015-03-10T05:57:02.362+13:00The Annunciation tradition is not universal; on a ...The Annunciation tradition is not universal; on a Google Image search http://tinyurl.com/nwj856p and a rough count I can see 20 right-to-left Gabriels in the first 100, with one showing the angel central and at the back of the scene and another where he is vertically above Mary.<br /><br />Left-to-right is still the preference and I would guess more so in the older paintings. Someone must have Steve Bellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-47340554327671535172015-03-10T05:37:15.871+13:002015-03-10T05:37:15.871+13:00I didn't mean that comment - on the Bayeux tap...I didn't mean that comment - on the Bayeux tapestry & Quetzalcoatl - to appear as "unknown" - obviously I pressed the wrong buttons. It was mine.Steve Bellhttp://tinyurl.com/3e7mow8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9057225441101183394.post-48419657656010729852015-03-10T05:33:19.950+13:002015-03-10T05:33:19.950+13:00The symbolism of movement in the Bayeaux tapestry ...The symbolism of movement in the Bayeaux tapestry has always fascinated me too; it's the precursor of the comic-book/graphic novel tradition.<br />When Edward the Confessor dies, he's shown twice on two floors of the same building, in his sick-bed and as a corpse. This breaks the left-to-right narrative movement but reflects the design of "cadaver tombs" where a partly Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17474059294042644485noreply@blogger.com