Types of Representation

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Types of Representation
iconic
reality
symbolic
generic specific
Sketch of a table
The word table
A table photo, showing materials and qualities
A function defining the sructural load of
4-legged table
Abstract painting of table
A table instance, that responds to a spec
A construction specification for a table
Text description of a table
The family table in my childhood
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Types of Representation
iconic
reality
symbolic
generic specific
Sketch of a table
The word table
A table photo, showing materials and qualities
A function defining the sructural load of
4-legged table
Abstract painting of table
A table instance, that responds to a spec
A construction specification for a table
Text description of a table
The family table in my childhood
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Fidelity of a Representation
Optical illusion of small space with big person
(web)
Photo of ball
Painting of ball
Goodmans attack on perspective representation
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Is Perspective Projection Equivalent to What We
See?
x x/z y y/z
x x y y
Standard Perspective projection
Orthographic projection
x x/v(xyz) y y/v(xyz)
Enhanced Perspective projection
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Representation in Architecture
www.miesbcn.com/en/plane.html
http//reverb.qarchive.org/
Visual appearance -
day, night, cloudy and sun,
sounds and reverberation,
smell and olfactory dimensions
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Fidelity of a Representation
Perception as context dependent
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Fidelity of a Representation
Perception as context dependent
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Sensory Augmentation
Eye glasses
Microscope And telescope
Electron microscope
Infrared camera
A weight scale, a tape measure
Laser surveying instrument
A luman measuring instrument
Bohr's model of the atom
The big bang
String theory
What is the distinction between "the senses" and
a created representation?
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Is Perspective Projection Equivalent to What We
See?
What is a representation?
What is a description?
What is a depiction?
What is an abstraction?
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Seminar on Representation
Reading Language of Art, Chapters 1-2