Yes. The framing edges also orient the work to the viewer. wc
________________________________ From: armando baeza <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 9:52:03 AM Subject: Re: Architecture and Philosophy If your painting have a horizon orientation,then they would not be considered totally abstract designs. The horizon produces Gravity, wouldn't you agree? mando On May 10, 2009, at 7:30 AM, [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 5/9/2009 11:51:06 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Yep! Luis is right. But architecture has a master it must always heed: > Gravity. What natural law/s limits all the other arts? > WC > > > > True William, that is why structural engineering is essential to > architecture. > > Gravity in other arts: > Dancing is also limited by gravity, and in classical styles the appearance > of effortless leaping and lifting is a sign of expertise. Modern dance can > accentuate the heavy move or throw in body harnesses to simulate > weightlessness. This latter technique is quite often also used in cinema > (kung fu > movies) such as "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" ;-) > > Sculpture, the larger the scale the more gravity affects it requiring > structural engineering as in architecture. > > Paintings and drawings are also influenced by gravity. Your abstractions > have an up and down that is reference to the horizon line that exists because > of our body's perception of the ground plane - we stand on the earth - > gravity. > Mando, I also do non-objective paintings and they always have a definitive > orientation - I get extremely annoyed if I see one of them rotated wrongly. > > > > Luis Fontanills > > Architect > Miami/Dade Counties, Florida > > > > **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in > the U.S. > (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002)
