Module 2 Journal

Foundations of Design : REPRESENTATION, SEM1, 2017 M2 JOURNAL - FLATNESS vs PROJECTION Robyn Mackenzie 914559 Nina Tory Studio 25

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WEEK 3 READING: LEGER, LE CORBUSIER, AND PURISM

Question 1: What is Pictorial Space according to Le Corbusier? (Maximum 100 words) According to Le Corbusier pictorial space is space that cannot be walked through and is viewed the same way as a picture or a window. It is untouchable space that is viewed from a distance, which means it can only be seen from the front. The distance in a painting is not about showing the space dividing two objects, instead it’s about changing the distance into a portrayal of the break between the object and how the object looks. Le Corbusier thought that this was the only kind of distance that was logical in a world which was primarily frontal.

Question 2: The Flatness of Le Corbusier’s painting’s are attributable to two properties. What are they?

And what are these pitted against?(Maximum 100 words) The first property is that objects in his paintings are depicted as flat, sharply contoured shapes that don’t break with the picture’s frontality. His paintings resemble axonometric drawings and have strange perspectives which create inherent flatness. The second property is using color to call attention to the lack of depth of his paintings. He doesn’t juxtapose black against areas of white because the contrast between them helps emphasize the volume of the picture. Strong contrast destroys Le Corbusier’s ideas on pictorial space. His architecture is primarily about rotation; however, Le Corbusier also uses this idea of frontalitly of forms to counter himself.

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MARIO’S WORLD

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1ST MARIO’S WORLD

My hand drawing of my first Mario World

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COMBINED MARIO’S WORLD

My hand drawing of my combined Mario world

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WEEK 4 READING: TITLE OF READING Complete your reading before attempting these questions:

Question 1: Explain the difference between Pictoral (in this case perspectival) space and Projection?

(Maximum 100 words) Perspectival space limits space and makes it a finite distance. Perspective is linked to a fixed point of view which makes it inflexible. Perspective space also records what already exists, making it even more inflexible and finite. To contrast, projection simultaneously lengthens and shortens distances in an image. Projection is more flexible as it is not fixed to a single vanishing point. Projection also differs from perspective because projection records what is yet to exist while perspective records what already exists. There are no limits to a projection drawing while there are limits to a perspective drawing.

Question 2: Where did Axonometric projection first arise, and why? (Maximum 100 words) Axonometric projections first arose during ancient visual practices. The earliest systematic descriptions of axonometric projections was in the military where it was used to plan the trajectories of projectiles.

From the 1700s to the 1900s, axonometric projection was taught to engineers because it was heavily used for machinery and industrialization. Axonometric projections were then used by architects because it combined the closeness of perspective drawings with the accuracy and measurability of axonometric drawings. Axonometric projections make it easier to represent universal geometries and infinite space because it is accurate and measurable.

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ILLUSTRATED MARIO’S NEW WORLD

My final illustrated Mario world

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APPENDIX

Drawing the front Mario world

Drawing the back Mario world

Overlaying the two worlds and starting to ink my fully composed Mario world

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