The space of the image

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The space of the image
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Jan van Eyck, Giovanni Arnolfini and His Bride,
1434
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Vélasquez, Les Ménines 1656
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Walker Evans, Moundville, Alabama, 1936
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• Flatness of space no perspective
• Strict two-dimensional framing/composition (90
  angle orthogonal shot lines)
• Repetition of objects importance per se and
  industrial (consumption) hoarding, abundance.
• Theme general store general everything
  store exchange. In American context, center of
  small town life.
• Various signs of Americanness OK, Coke, Hi-Ball
• Time calendar in an otherwise still image
• The PUNCTUM (Barthes) the half-hidden safe, and
  the fallen crate. Mystery.

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Abundance
Frans Snyders, Grande nature morte avec dame et
perroquet, ca 1630
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Saturation the industrial object
Andy Warhol, Soup Cans, 1968
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VanitiesPhilippe de Champaigne (1602-1674)
Nature morte au crâne ou La Vanité or Allégorie
de la vie humaine, 1646Oil on canvas - 28,8 x
37,5 cm
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Trompe lil
John Peto, Reminiscences of 1865, 1900
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Trompe lil
William Harnett, The Faithful Colt, 1890
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Window on the world
Carpaccio, Saint-Augustin dans son cabinet, 1502,
145 x 210
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Quentin Metsys, Le prêteur et sa femme, première
moitié du XVIe siècle
Gabriel Metsu (1629-1667), 1662-65, Femme lisant
une lettre
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Inside / outside the frame
Fritz Lang, M. le Maudit, 1931 (photogramme)
Edouard Boubat, Lella, 1947
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High Shot, Low Shot
Robert Frank, 1956
Rodtchenko, 1925
Rodtchenko, 1928
Rodtchenko, Stairs, 1930
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The problem of point of view
Duane Michals, Things are Queer, 1973