A Humument features a number of framing devices that, in addition to whatever narrative role they may play, further emphasize the self-reflexive character of the book. Unsurprisingly perhaps given the nature of this work, among the most common are the (book) page, the painting, and the window.
Categories: Art & Aesthetics, Literature, Writing
Tagged: A Humument, framing devices, Tom Phillips, W.H. Mallock, windows
This gallery contains contains selected pages from A Humument by Tom Phillips.
Categories: Art & Aesthetics, Gallery, Literature, Writing
Tagged: A Humument, framing devices, Tom Phillips, W.H. Mallock, windows
The window photographs represent a fascinating departure from Smith’s earlier work: a war correspondent who would come to redefine the photo essay, if not photojournalism altogether, Smith had previously turned his lens outward and focused it on capturing the event, on telling the story, on moving the viewer with that version of the truth his images could relate. When he moved into the Sixth Avenue loft, he turned his camera inward, so to speak, and trained it on the comings and goings of his own private world.
Categories: Photography, The Quotidian
Tagged: As From My Window I Sometimes Glance, Jazz Loft, W. Eugene Smith, windows
This gallery contains a selection of photographs from the series As From My Window I Sometimes Glance by W. Eugene Smith.
Categories: Gallery, Photography, The Quotidian
Tagged: Jazz Loft, W. Eugene Smith, windows
Traditionally the window has been used as a framing device intended to guide the viewer’s eye to an essential part of the picture. When it came to the “Window Paintings,” however, Schlemmer took a slightly different approach.
Categories: Art & Aesthetics, The Quotidian
Tagged: Oskar Schlemmer, painting, windows
In spring of 1942 Oskar Schlemmer began a series of new paintings representing scenes glimpsed from his window at nightfall. Unsurprisingly perhaps, he gave the paintings the collective title Fensterbilder or “Window Paintings.”
Categories: Art & Aesthetics, The Quotidian
Tagged: Oskar Schlemmer, painting, windows
This gallery contains a selection of nine Fensterbilder or “Window Paintings” by Oskar Schlemmer.
Categories: Art & Aesthetics, Gallery, The Quotidian
Tagged: Oskar Schlemmer, painting, windows