Vance Maverick commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of...
Basically agree, but you're on thin ice if you rely on such paintings having determinate titles. Those are typically matters of tradition -- almost as much so as the "titles" of Haydn pieces. There's...
View Articlejohn commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study, Part I'
To me, the finger is in the process of being extended giving a sense of implied motion, rather than a binding, but the soon-to-be binding precludes any other.
View ArticleJennifer commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study, Part I'
The whole time I was reading through the post, I was thinking, "Is he going to mention Blake? Is he going to mention Blake?" I am looking forward to part II. Good stuff.
View ArticleVance Maverick commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of...
determinate titles Or, better put: titles that are free choices by the artist, parallel with the composition of the work.
View ArticleJPool commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study, Part I'
You already know what I think: that while this is a particularly arrow pointy composition, there is no necessary or correct process of visual engagement with it. Beyond that, paintings are different...
View ArticleVance Maverick commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of...
Yeah, lots more narrative through sequences of images back through history. Which brings me to an obvious question -- why not refer, not only to classic art, but also to the academic tradition of how...
View ArticleAndrew Shields commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of...
I like all those arrows. Very fun!
View ArticleGene commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study, Part I'
Another very famous example of sequential art, by William Hogarth (1697-1764). (Scroll down for images of the eight paintings and their titles. I'm not sure to what degree Hogarth himself was...
View ArticleVance Maverick commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of...
Or, as Meg Worley points out in her Facebook status, the Stations of the Cross.
View ArticleSEK commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study, Part I'
Basically agree, but you're on thin ice if you rely on such paintings having determinate titles. Believe you me, I'm skating full-bore towards that thin ice. why not refer, not only to classic art, but...
View ArticleShaun Huston commented on 'Justifying comics as legitimate objects of study,...
"I would begin by pointing out that while there may not be a ready-made critical apparatus for comics as a genre, there exists a robust tradition of analyzing visual narrative." I'm curious about the...
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