introduction what is composition levels of abstraction how does the image work the frame in the frame up and down left and right distance from the center distance from the frame sides of the frame mutual influence of the objects format third dimension sharpness color and tone rhythm active and passive space and surface differences among the media evolution of the aesthetic standard bibliography |
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Some ten years after being written, this thesis for
my graduate degree finally bugged me enough to translate it into a
more accessible language, partly because of this text's popularity among
my friends at the time. Some of these views aged better than others; the
point is that I at least find them interesting enough to consider. The biggest task
was the removal of the adolescent (and perhaps Croatian) mysticism, and
to attempt explaining and bringing everything to the ground, or at least daylight.
Still, there is some pretentious heady stuff here at times, so feel free to laugh at
me if you feel teased, cheated, or taken for a ride. The illustrations are left as they were: images that I just happened to have taken that year, without any intent for this purpose, and therefore quite imprecise for it - but realistically practical, for the same reason. They could be swapped by any 6 months output of mine, or perhaps by your work too. |
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Predrag Dubravcic |